Survey data on public opinion about abortion in Kenya, including perspectives on abortion laws and allowable circumstances. The dataset was created by Kenneth Juma and last updated on May 8, 2026. It is a 1.1 MB Excel file.
Use Cases
- Analyze public support for abortion based on Likert-scale survey responses.
- Model associations between demographic variables and abortion opinions.
- Track shifts in public attitudes towards abortion over time.
- Assess perspectives on the circumstances under which abortion should be legal.
Strengths
- Data collected via a nationwide cross-sectional survey covering all counties in Kenya.
- Survey sample drawn from a database of over eight million telephone numbers.
- Data analysis plan includes univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistical tests.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data collection method is telephone-based, which may introduce sampling bias.
Provenance
- Source
- Kenneth Juma via figshare
- Collection Method
- Telephone survey using random digit dialing (RDD) and structured questionnaires.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-08 09:42:29; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Kenya (nationwide, all counties)