Time trends are here assemble by stitching together individual files for the three Northern Triangle countries.
NOTE: While indicator names might be consistent from year to year, values aren’t necessarily. In 2014, cp5
(tried to solve a community problem) was on a scale of 1-4 (4=never). Earlier years just used 1=yes, 2=no, so it looks like there was a big jump in 2008.
Migration
q14 Intends to Live or Work Abroad
Civic and Political Engagement
Political ideology
The distribution of political ideology (l1
) is interesting; the largest group puts themselves smack in the middle, rather than tilting left or right. This centrist group (most likely politically disengaged) has stayed pretty constant over the last decade, while on average the right is losing out to the left.
cp2 Requested Help from a Member of the Legislature
cp13 Attendance at Meetings of Political Parties
cp20 Attendance at Meetings of Women’s Group
cp6 Attendance at Meetings of Religious Organization
The number of occasional churchgoers has been pretty constant (and low); it looks like the population of weekly churchgoers has been growing while non-attenders have been dropping since 2008. What changed in 2008?
cp7 Attendance at Meetings of Parent Association
prot3 Participated in a Protest
vb10 Identifies with a Political Party
vb2 Voted in Last Presidential Election
vb20 Vote Intention for President
The question about approval of political demonstrations (e5
) lets people express a range from strong approval to strong disapproval – most are somewhere in the middle. People who are actively approving of political demonstrations seem to be losing ground to those who are either wishy-washy or disapproving
Again, 2008 looks like some kind of turning point.
Climate Change/Disaster Risk Reduction
drk1 Likelihood of Death or Harm from Natural Disaster
dst1b Spend More to Enforce Building Codes
env2b Seriousness of Climate Change
Corruption
exc11 Asked to Pay Bribe to Process Document in Municipality
exc13 Asked to Pay a Bribe at Work
exc14 Asked to Pay a Bribe to the Courts
exc15 Asked to Pay a Bribe to use Public Health Services
exc16 Asked to Pay a Bribe at School
exc18 Paying a Bribe is Justified
exc2 Police Officer Asked for a Bribe
exc20 Soldier Requested a Bribe
exc6 Government Employee Asked for a Bribe
exc7 Perception of Public Corruption among Public Officials
exc7new Amount of Corruption among Politicians
Crime, Insecurity, and Policy Preferences
aoj11 Perception of Neighborhood Insecurity
aoj12 Confidence that Judiciary will Punish the Guilty
vic1ext Victim of Crime
vic1exta Victim of Crime in the Last 12 Months (Frequency)
Evaluation of Institutions, Political System and Other Persons
a4 Most Important Problem
b1 Courts Guarantee Fair Trial
b12 Trust in Armed Forces
b13 Trust in the National Legislature
b18 Trust in National Police
b2 Respect for Political Institutions
b20 Trust in Catholic Church
b20a Trust in Evangelical/Protestant Church
b21 Trust in Political Parties
b21a Trust in Executive
b3 Basic Rights are Protected
b31 Trust in the Supreme Court of Justice
b32 Trust in Local Government
b4 Pride in Political System
b47a Trust in Elections
b6 People Should Support the Political System
eff1 Leaders Are Interested in What People Think
eff2 Understands Important Political Issues
it1 Interpersonal Trust
lib1 Level of Freedom of the Press Today
lib2c Level of Freedom to Express Political Opinions without Fear
m1 Executive Job Approval
Military coup is justified if crime is high
Whatever happened in 2008, it also coincided with a sudden rise in the number of people who are open to the idea of a military coup.
Foreign Relations
mil10a Trustworthiness of Chinese Government
mil10e Trustworthiness of US Government
Gender
vb50 Men Are Better Political Leaders than Women
vb51 Men or Women: More Corrupt as Politicians
vb52 Men or Women: Better Manager of Economy
w14a Abortion Justified
Local Government
infrax Police Response Time
np1 Attendance at Municipal Meeting
sd2new2 Satisfaction with Roads
sd3new2 Satisfaction with Public Schools
sd6new2 Satisfaction with Public Medical and Health Services
Possession
Refrigerator in home
Refrigerators are on the rise.
Landline telephone in home
Landlines are on their way out.
Cellular telephone in home
The cell phone market looks like it saturated in about 2010.
Education
Education seems to be improving – there has been a decrease in people with less than five years of education, while the fraction of elementary-school graduates is holding fairly steady and the fraction of high-school graduates is increasing. It would be easy enough to subset this analysis to individual countries or regions.