Uruguay Subnational Democracy Survey, Five Departments 2025

Uruguay telephone survey of 1,476 respondents conducted between January and February 2025. It covers five departments (Colonia, Cerro Largo, Maldonado, Salto, and Tacuarembó) and measures six dimensions of subnational democratic quality alongside sociodemographic variables. The dataset was authored by Martin Freigedo and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling satisfaction with local democracy based on the six measured dimensions of subnational democratic quality.
• Analyzing demographic correlates of political attitudes using the standard sociodemographic variables.
• Comparing perceptions of democratic quality across the five Uruguayan departments covered by the survey.

Strengths

• Stratified sample of 1,476 respondents, representative of each of the five departments.
• Covers six specific dimensions of subnational democratic quality, providing structured measurement.
• Original survey conducted in a defined time range (January-February 2025).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the five surveyed departments.

Provenance

Source

Martin Freigedo via figshare

Collection Method

Original telephone survey with a stratified sample.

Time Range

January to February 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 19:29:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Five Uruguayan departments: Colonia, Cerro Largo, Maldonado, Salto, and Tacuarembó