Key Findings: Bangladesh Computer Assisted Telephone Survey October 2016
Author
Democracy International
Published
December 07, 2016
Location
Bangladesh
In October 2016, as part of Democracy International’s USAID-funded Democratic Participation and Reform program, DI conducted a national survey of 1,453 Bangladeshis of voting-age in 64 districts using its in-house Computer Assisted Telephone Survey System (CATSS). The survey is designed to inform political parties in Bangladesh about the opinions and concerns of their constituencies, as well as to assist policymakers and development practitioners in-country and abroad. Interviews were conducted between October 23 and October 31, 2016, amid growing concerns about extremism and closing political space in Bangladesh. These key findings cover how Bangladeshis feel about their country and its future direction, and what future trends might drive politics and security in Bangladesh.
Randomly generated mobile phone numbers were used as a sampling frame. Each mobile company was assigned a survey response quota proportionate to their market shares. The margin of error is ±2.6% at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error for smaller demographic and geographic subgroups varies and is higher. DI trained and supervised all interviewers to ensure quality control and used a call back strategy to ensure randomness and increase response rate. To account for shortcomings in the CATSS sampling system, which tends to under-represent female and rural areas, the data were weighted to represent accurately the demographic breakdown of the country.