African Electoral Covoting and Coethnicity Analysis from Afrobarometer Surveys

Replication Data for 'Coethnics Covote in Africa' from the American Political Science Review Dataverse contains dyadic comparisons of respondents from Afrobarometer surveys. The dataset pools survey data across 28 African countries to study the effect of coethnicity on covoting intentions. It was authored by Carl Müller-Crepon and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate the effect of coethnicity on covoting probability using dyadic respondent pairs and conditioning variables.
• Analyze how covoting intentions vary across 28 African countries with different institutional contexts.
• Compare the strength of ethnic cleavages against other socio-economic cleavages using the covoting regression model.
• Study the relationship between covoting for ethnic parties and the coethnicity effect within politically relevant groups.
• Bridge micro-level survey data with aggregate-level indicators like Herfindahl-Hirschman indices for party concentration.

Strengths

• Data pools Afrobarometer survey respondents across 28 countries.
• The covoting regression model estimates a specific 17 percentage point increase in covoting intentions due to coethnicity.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• The analysis relies on survey intentions rather than observed voting records.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the 28 African countries included in the Afrobarometer surveys.

Provenance

Source

American Political Science Review Dataverse, author Carl Müller-Crepon.

Collection Method

Dyadic comparisons constructed from respondent data in Afrobarometer surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

28 African countries covered by the Afrobarometer surveys.