The research

Methodological note

The questionnaire was designed in collaboration with the FES offices in Latin America and the Caribbean, a group of experts from various countries in the region and validated with the young participants of the ManiFEState Network.

The survey was conducted among people between 15 and 35 years of age in 14 countries in the region.The questionnaire was completed by means of a virtual form, which was answered between January and February 2024. The questionnaire was administered in Spanish in all countries except Brazil, where it was administered in Portuguese.

The survey was conducted through YouGov, an international online technology company that focuses on research and analysis of public opinion data. The methodology used was online sampling through web panels. All respondents gave informed consent. Minors had parental consent before starting the survey.

The sampling quotas of this survey comprise gender and age groups, region of the country where they reside, type of area where they live, and the type of area where they live. (urban, suburban, or rural)The following variables are also included: education, education, employment status, and a news attention variable. In addition, the social class analysis was constructed from the ESOMAR socioeconomic classification model, based on socioeconomic variables of the heads of household (education, occupation) and purely economic variables (income, asset ownership).

List of countries and sample sizes

Argentina (n = 2007, moe: ± 2.5)	Costa Rica (n = 1149 , moe: ± 4.4)	Peru (n = 2001 , moe: ± 3.2)
Bolivia (n = 1103 , moe: ± 4.4)	Ecuador (n = 2004 , moe: ± 3.3)	Dominican Republic (n = 1132 , moe: ± 4.7)
Brazil (n = 2024 , moe: ± 2.5)	Honduras (n = 1100 , moe: ± 4.7)	Uruguay (n = 1108 , moe: ± 3.8)
Chile (n = 2002 , moe: ± 7)	Mexico (n = 2001 , moe: ± 3.0)	Venezuela (n = 1103, moe: ± 3.8)
Colombia (n = 2004, moe: ± 2.8)	Panama (n = 1109, moe: ± 3.9)

The sampling frame was constructed using stratified sampling of each country, created based on the 2021 LAPOP Americas Barometer, with selection within strata by weighted sampling with replacements. The weights range from 0.04 to 6.16 with an average of 1 and a standard deviation of 1.09. The margin of error (a 95% confidence interval) for a percentage sample p based on the subset sample is approximately 4.4%.

The survey is nationally and not regionally representative. Therefore, we recommend that when reviewing the data viewers, do not make inferences for the entire region without first reviewing the national data.

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How to cite survey data?

The data may be used as long as the source is cited and it is not used for commercial purposes. Suggested citation:

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) (2024). Youth: Unfinished Business. Survey on political participation and attitudes of youth in Latin America and the Caribbean. www.juventudesFES.org.

Team:

Project development and coordination

Constantin Groll - FES Ecuador Representative
Anabel Bilbao G - Regional Project Coordinator
Camila Rodriguez - Project Technician and Data Analyst

Team of national experts

Melina Vázquez - Argentina
Josué Cortez - Bolivia
Elisa Guaraná - Brazil
Severine Macedo - Brazil
Olivia Perez - Brazil
Oscar Aguilera - Chile
Juliana Hernández - Colombia
Miyerlandy Cabanzo - Colombia
Cathalina García Santamaría - Costa Rica
Ilka Treminio Sánchez - Costa Rica
Franklin Ramirez - Ecuador
Elías Villalta - Honduras
Luis Sosa - Mexico
Mariana Licea - Mexico
Mónica Patricia Romero Zapata - Panama
Alejandra Sabina Yolanda Dinegro Martínez - Peru
Juan Miguel Pérez Vargas - Dominican Republic
Ana Paula García Erramuspe - Uruguay
Lissette Gonzalez - Venezuela

Pollster - YouGov

Em Bello-Pardo, Ph.D. Senior Research and Data Science Director
Gaby Ferreyra - Policy Analyst II
Alissa Stollwerk, Ph.D. - Vice-President

Communication

Estefanía Avella - FES Comunicación
Érika Dávila - FES Ecuador

Panel of regional experts

Mariana Licea (Mexico) - Graduate from CIDE, specialist in Political Science and International Relations.
Elisa Guaraná (Brazil) - PhD in Social Anthropology from UFRJ, specialist in Youth and Political Participation.
Óscar Aguilera (Chile) - PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Melina Vázquez (Argentina) - PhD in Social Sciences from UBA, specialist in Youth and Childhood Policies.
Franklin Ramírez (Ecuador) - Sociologist and Researcher at FLACSO-Ecuador

National articulation of the project with FES offices:

Sergio Balardini - Argentina
José Luis Exeni - Bolivia
Willian Habermann - Brazil
Christian Sánchez - Chile
Saruy Tolosa - Colombia
Argerie Sánchez - Costa Rica
Anabel Bilbao - Ecuador
Mónica Torres - Honduras
Elisa Gómez - Mexico
Anastacio Rodríguez - Panama
Raúl Tecco - Peru
María Fernanda López - Dominican Republic
Aníbal Peluffo - Uruguay
Anaís Lópéz - Venezuela