Comments on: Is Afghanistan on the “right track”? http://www.samefacts.com/2009/10/uncategorized/is-afghanistan-on-the-right-track/ Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew Yglesias » Afghan Public Opinion http://www.samefacts.com/2009/10/uncategorized/is-afghanistan-on-the-right-track/comment-page-1/#comment-34403 Matthew Yglesias » Afghan Public Opinion Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:28:31 +0000 http://www.samefacts.com/?p=9220#comment-34403 [...] Kleiman summarizes some key bullet points from the Asia Foundation’s most recent survey of public opinion: — In 2009, 42 percent of [...] [...] Kleiman summarizes some key bullet points from the Asia Foundation’s most recent survey of public opinion: — In 2009, 42 percent of [...]

]]> By: jm http://www.samefacts.com/2009/10/uncategorized/is-afghanistan-on-the-right-track/comment-page-1/#comment-34387 jm Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://www.samefacts.com/?p=9220#comment-34387 From page 152 of the survey's report: "Moreover, in 2009, there were greater restrictions on the movement of survey researchers than in previous years. A number of districts in the country could not be surveyed because of inaccessibility due to logistical problems, natural disasters and security. [snip] The instability and frequent fighting in some provinces caused 102 of the sampling points across the country (12%) to be adjusted or replaced to keep interviewers out of areas affected by active violence. This was a significant change from 2008 when only 17 sampling points (3%) had to be replaced for security reasons." Presumably, though not necessarily, the replacement locations were less directly impacted by violence over the past year. I wonder how the Afghans in the areas affected by active violence would have responded had they been asked and what effect their exclusion might have had on the overall results. From page 152 of the survey’s report:

“Moreover, in 2009, there were greater restrictions on the movement of survey
researchers than in previous years. A number of districts in the country could not
be surveyed because of inaccessibility due to logistical problems, natural disasters
and security. [snip] The instability and frequent fighting in some provinces caused 102 of the sampling points across the country (12%) to be adjusted or replaced to keep interviewers out of areas
affected by active violence. This was a significant change from 2008 when only 17
sampling points (3%) had to be replaced for security reasons.”

Presumably, though not necessarily, the replacement locations were less directly impacted by violence over the past year. I wonder how the Afghans in the areas affected by active violence would have responded had they been asked and what effect their exclusion might have had on the overall results.

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