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BIGGEST PROBLEMS FACING WOMEN
EDUCATION & ILLITERACY
24%
UNEMPLOYMENT
15%
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
11%
BIGGEST PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTRY
A Survey of the Afghan PeopleA F G H A N I S TA N I N 2 0 14
Following Afghanistan’s historic 2014 elections and national security transition, what do Afghan citizens think of the critical issues facing their country? The Asia Foundation’s tenth annual survey — and longest-running opinion poll in the country — interviews 9,271 Afghan citizens in 34 provinces on the elections, corruption, security, women’s rights, the economy, and the Taliban.
NATIONAL MOOD: DIRECTION OF COUNTRY
DON’T KNOWWRONG DIRECTIONRIGHT DIRECTION
5246
31
57
4242
2421
44 3832
29 27
473835
IN 2014, 55% OF AFGHANS SAY COUNTRY IS MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
55
40
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
RECONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH ARMED OPPOSITION GROUPS (AOGs)
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
ARE OPTIM ISTIC THAT RECONC I L IATION E FFORTS CAN H E LP STAB I L IZ E TH E I R COUNTRY
73%SAID E LECTION WAS FRE E AND FAI R2/3
SAY THE PRES I DENTIAL E LECTION W I LL MAKE THE I R L I V ES B ETTER2/3
MORE THAN HALF B E L I E V E THEY CANIN FLUENCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEC IS IONS+ HALF
PERCEPTION OF ELECTION AND ABILITY TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT
#AfghanSurvey
DEMOGRAPHICS 9,271 Afghans surveyed | 34 provinces | June 22 — July 8 fieldwork | 79 questions | 50% men, 50% women polled 24% urban, 76% rural | 909 enumerators | 65,558 Afghans polled since 2004 | Afghanistan’s broadest opinion poll
DRINKING WATER
16%
BIGGEST LOCAL PROBLEMS
23%
ELECTRICITY
18%
ROADSUNEMPLOYMENT
33% 14%
INSECURITY
34%
INSECURITY
28%
CORRUPTION
37%
UNEMPLOYMENT+ POOR ECONOMY