2006 CAICT Survey: Topline Results
Title Page - Introduction - Parts I & II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI - Part VII - Part VIII

Introduction

The following document reports topline results of a survey administered in January–March 2006 by BRIF Research Group, a survey firm in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The survey was administered in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The survey instrument was designed by a team of researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. The survey is part of a multi-year, multi-phase project on patterns of ICT adoption and adaptation in Central Asia. Given the low rate of current Internet penetration in Central Asia, the 2006 survey also focuses on pre-existing patterns of information use, information seeking behavior, and levels of trust in various producers and sources of information. The survey will be repeated annually for three years. These results will be used as a baseline for future comparisons, allowing researchers to track change over time as ICT use in the region becomes more widespread.

The survey, containing over 300 variables, was administered in Russian and other regional/national languages to residents throughout the country. BRIF Research Group was responsible for translation of the survey instrument from English to other languages. The University of Washington team back translated the completed Russian translation.

The survey sample was based on census information on age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location released by the government of each country. The survey was administered in urban and rural areas from several regions of each country, and the survey sample size was 1,000 respondents, aged 15 and older. The sample includes 50 sampling locations, and 12-29 respondents were interviewed in each location.

In addition to the general sampling scheme, a three-stage process was used to select respondents:
• Probability Proportional to Size sample of Primary Sampling Units (PSU);
• Consecutive random sampling of households in determined PSU;
• Selection of a respondent using Kish Grid method.

The survey was developed by Beth E. Kolko, Jan H. Spyridakis, Eric McGlinchey, Carolyn Y. Wei, and Erica Johnson. The toplines were assembled by Erica Johnson, Mark Licata, Odina Salikhbayeva, Carolyn Y. Wei, and Desiree Willis. For more information on the Central Asia + Information and Communication Technologies (CAICT) Project, please see http://depts.washington.edu/caict. This research was funded by the US National Science Foundation, award #219350. The results from the survey are made available for public use with the understanding that appropriate attribution for the research be included. Please direct inquiries to Beth Kolko at bkolko@u.washington.edu.

2006 CAICT Survey: Topline Results
Title Page - Introduction - Parts I & II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI - Part VII - Part VIII