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Paywast Pre-Elections Survey 2014
Round 2 – February28, 2014
7131 respondents
Released March 19, 2014
1
Speak With Your Fingers
Paywast 2
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Background
Paywast is an SMS-based social network in Afghanistan with more than 1.6 million usersacross the
country. Paywastusersinteractwiththeirfriends and peers on the social networkusingtheir mobile
phone. Paywast is availableacross mobile network operators.
In February 2014, PaywastconductedSMS-basedsurveysamong a randomlyselectedgroup
ofourusersabout the forthcomingPresidentialelections in Afghanistan. Weaskedeach respondent 6-
7 questionsontopicsaround the elections.
In thisdocumentwe highlight some of the keyfindings of the SMS survey. Youarewelcome to
contactusoninfo@paywast.af for more information, or to visit the PaywastElections website,
http://elections.paywast.af, to generateyourownchartsbasedon the survey data. Youcanalsofollow
@AFSpeaksonTwitter to seesome of the comments and opinions shared by Paywastusersabout the
Afghanelections.
Reproduction and publishing of the survey data, findings and charts in thisdocument, as well as
data generated from the PaywastElections website and the @AFSpeaksTwitteraccount is
permitted. Paywast must beclearlyattributed as the source of data in
anysuchreproductionand/orpublication.
Paywast 3
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Methodology
During 2 rounds of surveying, a total of 7,131 usersresponded to SMS
questionnaireswithquestionsabout the Afghanpresidentialelections to be held in April 2014.
The questionswere a combination of multiple choice, demographics and freetextquestions.
In thisdocumentwe go throughsome of the keyfindings of the survey, oftencomparing respondents’
answers to surveyquestionswithdemographics data.
Althoughmany respondents chose to respond to all questions in the survey, it was not mandatory
to do so. Thus, sample sizesvarydependingon the sample sizeavailable for the
questionsbeinganalyzed. Sample sizes for specificquestionsaregenerallyindicatednext to the charts.
Questionswere sent in user’spreferredlanguage – Dari, Pashto or English
In some cases, no samples areavailable for certain data points. In those cases, values (e.g.
provinceswith missing data) areomitted from the question.
Paywast 4
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Reference - Regions
Paywastgroupsthe provinces of Afghanistans by the sub regions used by United Nations
North Eastern Afghanistan
Badakhshan
Baghlan
Kunduz
Takhar
North Western Afghanistan
Balkh
Faryab
Jowzjan
Samangan
Sar-e Pol
Eastern Afghanistan
Kunar
Laghman
Nangarhar
Nuristan
Central Afghanistan
Kabul
Kapisa
Logar
Panjshir
Parwan
Wardak
Western Afghanistan
Badghis
Bamiyan
Farah
Ghor
Herat
South Eastern Afghanistan
Ghazni
Khost
Paktia
Paktika
South Western Afghanistan
Daykundi
Helmand
Kandahar
Nimruz
Uruzgan
Zabul
Paywast 5
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Respondent Demographics - Gender
83%
17%
Male
Female
N = 4105
Paywast 6
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Respondent Demographics – Location Type
The followingprovincesare
classified as ”Urban” provinces,
In accordancewith AIMS
http://aims.org.af:
•Balkh
•Herat
•Kabul
•Kandahar
•Kunduz
•Nangarhar
68%
32%
Urban
Rural
N = 4147
Paywast 7
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Respondent Demographics - Province
Badakhshan 1.59%
Badghis 0.10%
Baghlan 3.91%
Balkh 3.57%
Bamyan 0.46%
Daykundi 0.82%
Farah 0.89%
Faryab 1.47%
Ghazni 1.74%
Ghor 0.22%
Helmand 1.69%
Herat 4.46%
Jowzjan 1.18%
Kabul 40.66%
Kandahar 10.49%
Kapisa 1.01%
Khost 1.54%
Kunar 2.31%
Kunduz 2.85%
Laghman 1.16%
Logar 1.42%
MaidanWardak 1.76%
Nangarhar 5.79%
Nimruz 0.07%
Nuristan 0.12%
Paktia 0.94%
Paktika 0.02%
Panjshir 1.42%
Parwan 2.10%
Samangan 0.22%
Sar-e Pol 0.60%
Takhar 2.85%
Urozgan 0.12%
Zabul 0.46%
Paywast 8
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Voter Registration
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Urban Rural
Male
Female
Paywast 9
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Voter Registration
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Nuristan
Badghis
Urozgan
MaidanWardak
Kabul
Balkh
Logar
Laghman
Panjshir
Parwan
Herat
Khost
Kandahar
Helmand
Ghor
Ghazni
Nangarhar
Baghlan
Paktia
Kapisa
Jowzjan
Badakhshan
Daykundi
Takhar
Sar-ePol
Kunar
Kunduz
Farah
Bamyan
Faryab
Zabul
Paywast 10
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Voter Registration
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
North East North West East Central West South East South West
Paywast 11
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Attitudes TowardsElections
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Positive Negative
Registered to vote
Not yet registered to vote
Proportion of respondents whoexpressedspecific positive or negative attitudes
towardselectionsthroughtheirsurveycomments
Paywast 12
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
ConcernsAboutElections
Proportion of respondents whoexpressedspecificconcernsabout the
electionsthroughtheirsurveycomments
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Lack of trust in
elections and/or
government
Security Lack of transparency in
elections
Registered to vote
Not yet registered to vote
Paywast 13
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
ConcernsAboutElections
Respondents whothroughtheirsurveycommentsexpressedspecificconcernsabout the elections, by
location type
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Lack of trust in elections and/or
government
Security Lack of transparency in elections
Urban
Rural
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Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
ConcernsAboutElections
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Lack of trust in elections and/or
government
Security Lack of transparency in elections
Male
Female
Respondents whothroughtheirsurveycommentsexpressedspecificconcernsabout the elections, by
gender
Paywast 15
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Elections&Security
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Urban Rural
Male
Female
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to
votewhereyou live”
Paywast 16
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Elections&Security
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’No’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to
votewhereyou live”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Male
Female
Chartonlyincludesprovinceswhere 20% or more
of respondents answered ’No’
Missing bar for either male orfemaleindicates
Insufficient sample data for thatprovince
Paywast 17
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Elections&Security
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’No’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to
votewhereyou live”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
North East North West East Central West South East South West
Male
Female
Paywast 18
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
EthnicAffiliation
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a
candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by primarylanguage.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Dari Speakers Pashto Speakers
Paywast 19
PaywastPre-ElectionsSurvey
EthnicAffiliation
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a
candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by province.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Badghis
Kunar
Laghman
Kandahar
Farah
Zabul
Khost
Nangarhar
Helmand
Paktia
Panjshir
Nuristan
Urozgan
MaidanWardak
Nimruz
Samangan
Ghazni
Logar
Herat
Parwan
Kapisa
Kabul
Baghlan
Takhar
Badakhshan
Kunduz
Balkh
Bamyan
Jowzjan
Faryab
Ghor
Sar-ePol
Daykundi
Paywast 20
PaywastPre-ElectionsSurvey
EthnicAffiliation
Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a
candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by region.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
North East North West East Central West South East South West
Paywast 21
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Voter Education
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Urban Rural
Male
Female
Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the
question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote”
Paywast 22
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Voter Education
Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the
question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote”
Paywast 23
Paywast Pre-Elections Survey
Voter Education
Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the
question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
North East North West East Central West South East South West
Paywast 24
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Paywast - Afghanistan Elections Survey 2014

  • 1. Paywast Pre-Elections Survey 2014 Round 2 – February28, 2014 7131 respondents Released March 19, 2014 1 Speak With Your Fingers
  • 2. Paywast 2 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Background Paywast is an SMS-based social network in Afghanistan with more than 1.6 million usersacross the country. Paywastusersinteractwiththeirfriends and peers on the social networkusingtheir mobile phone. Paywast is availableacross mobile network operators. In February 2014, PaywastconductedSMS-basedsurveysamong a randomlyselectedgroup ofourusersabout the forthcomingPresidentialelections in Afghanistan. Weaskedeach respondent 6- 7 questionsontopicsaround the elections. In thisdocumentwe highlight some of the keyfindings of the SMS survey. Youarewelcome to contactusoninfo@paywast.af for more information, or to visit the PaywastElections website, http://elections.paywast.af, to generateyourownchartsbasedon the survey data. Youcanalsofollow @AFSpeaksonTwitter to seesome of the comments and opinions shared by Paywastusersabout the Afghanelections. Reproduction and publishing of the survey data, findings and charts in thisdocument, as well as data generated from the PaywastElections website and the @AFSpeaksTwitteraccount is permitted. Paywast must beclearlyattributed as the source of data in anysuchreproductionand/orpublication.
  • 3. Paywast 3 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Methodology During 2 rounds of surveying, a total of 7,131 usersresponded to SMS questionnaireswithquestionsabout the Afghanpresidentialelections to be held in April 2014. The questionswere a combination of multiple choice, demographics and freetextquestions. In thisdocumentwe go throughsome of the keyfindings of the survey, oftencomparing respondents’ answers to surveyquestionswithdemographics data. Althoughmany respondents chose to respond to all questions in the survey, it was not mandatory to do so. Thus, sample sizesvarydependingon the sample sizeavailable for the questionsbeinganalyzed. Sample sizes for specificquestionsaregenerallyindicatednext to the charts. Questionswere sent in user’spreferredlanguage – Dari, Pashto or English In some cases, no samples areavailable for certain data points. In those cases, values (e.g. provinceswith missing data) areomitted from the question.
  • 4. Paywast 4 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Reference - Regions Paywastgroupsthe provinces of Afghanistans by the sub regions used by United Nations North Eastern Afghanistan Badakhshan Baghlan Kunduz Takhar North Western Afghanistan Balkh Faryab Jowzjan Samangan Sar-e Pol Eastern Afghanistan Kunar Laghman Nangarhar Nuristan Central Afghanistan Kabul Kapisa Logar Panjshir Parwan Wardak Western Afghanistan Badghis Bamiyan Farah Ghor Herat South Eastern Afghanistan Ghazni Khost Paktia Paktika South Western Afghanistan Daykundi Helmand Kandahar Nimruz Uruzgan Zabul
  • 5. Paywast 5 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Respondent Demographics - Gender 83% 17% Male Female N = 4105
  • 6. Paywast 6 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Respondent Demographics – Location Type The followingprovincesare classified as ”Urban” provinces, In accordancewith AIMS http://aims.org.af: •Balkh •Herat •Kabul •Kandahar •Kunduz •Nangarhar 68% 32% Urban Rural N = 4147
  • 7. Paywast 7 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Respondent Demographics - Province Badakhshan 1.59% Badghis 0.10% Baghlan 3.91% Balkh 3.57% Bamyan 0.46% Daykundi 0.82% Farah 0.89% Faryab 1.47% Ghazni 1.74% Ghor 0.22% Helmand 1.69% Herat 4.46% Jowzjan 1.18% Kabul 40.66% Kandahar 10.49% Kapisa 1.01% Khost 1.54% Kunar 2.31% Kunduz 2.85% Laghman 1.16% Logar 1.42% MaidanWardak 1.76% Nangarhar 5.79% Nimruz 0.07% Nuristan 0.12% Paktia 0.94% Paktika 0.02% Panjshir 1.42% Parwan 2.10% Samangan 0.22% Sar-e Pol 0.60% Takhar 2.85% Urozgan 0.12% Zabul 0.46%
  • 8. Paywast 8 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Voter Registration Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Urban Rural Male Female
  • 9. Paywast 9 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Voter Registration Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Nuristan Badghis Urozgan MaidanWardak Kabul Balkh Logar Laghman Panjshir Parwan Herat Khost Kandahar Helmand Ghor Ghazni Nangarhar Baghlan Paktia Kapisa Jowzjan Badakhshan Daykundi Takhar Sar-ePol Kunar Kunduz Farah Bamyan Faryab Zabul
  • 10. Paywast 10 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Voter Registration Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Have youregistered to vote?” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% North East North West East Central West South East South West
  • 11. Paywast 11 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Attitudes TowardsElections 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Positive Negative Registered to vote Not yet registered to vote Proportion of respondents whoexpressedspecific positive or negative attitudes towardselectionsthroughtheirsurveycomments
  • 12. Paywast 12 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey ConcernsAboutElections Proportion of respondents whoexpressedspecificconcernsabout the electionsthroughtheirsurveycomments 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Lack of trust in elections and/or government Security Lack of transparency in elections Registered to vote Not yet registered to vote
  • 13. Paywast 13 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey ConcernsAboutElections Respondents whothroughtheirsurveycommentsexpressedspecificconcernsabout the elections, by location type 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Lack of trust in elections and/or government Security Lack of transparency in elections Urban Rural
  • 14. Paywast 14 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey ConcernsAboutElections 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Lack of trust in elections and/or government Security Lack of transparency in elections Male Female Respondents whothroughtheirsurveycommentsexpressedspecificconcernsabout the elections, by gender
  • 15. Paywast 15 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Elections&Security 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Urban Rural Male Female Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to votewhereyou live”
  • 16. Paywast 16 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Elections&Security Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’No’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to votewhereyou live” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Male Female Chartonlyincludesprovinceswhere 20% or more of respondents answered ’No’ Missing bar for either male orfemaleindicates Insufficient sample data for thatprovince
  • 17. Paywast 17 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Elections&Security Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’No’ to the question ”Do youthink it is safe to votewhereyou live” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% North East North West East Central West South East South West Male Female
  • 18. Paywast 18 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey EthnicAffiliation Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by primarylanguage. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Dari Speakers Pashto Speakers
  • 19. Paywast 19 PaywastPre-ElectionsSurvey EthnicAffiliation Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by province. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Badghis Kunar Laghman Kandahar Farah Zabul Khost Nangarhar Helmand Paktia Panjshir Nuristan Urozgan MaidanWardak Nimruz Samangan Ghazni Logar Herat Parwan Kapisa Kabul Baghlan Takhar Badakhshan Kunduz Balkh Bamyan Jowzjan Faryab Ghor Sar-ePol Daykundi
  • 20. Paywast 20 PaywastPre-ElectionsSurvey EthnicAffiliation Proportion of respondents whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Wouldyouconsidervoting for a candidate from a differentethnicgroupthanyourown”, by region. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% North East North West East Central West South East South West
  • 21. Paywast 21 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Voter Education 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Urban Rural Male Female Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote”
  • 22. Paywast 22 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Voter Education Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote”
  • 23. Paywast 23 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Voter Education Proportion of respondents who had not registered to votealready, and whoanswered ’Yes’ to the question ”Do youknowhow to register to vote” 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% North East North West East Central West South East South West
  • 24. Paywast 24 Paywast Pre-Elections Survey Photo copyright ©RaminFararoon FollowusonFacebook – Paywast729 and Twitter - @Paywast729 & @AFSpeaks for Afghans’ opinions onelections info@paywast.af +93 707 729 729