In a nationwide survey conducted over a month, 72.5 percent of citizens responded that they had problems when asked if they had any problems.
What you should know
There is enthusiasm among the general electorate for the House of Representatives elections to be held on 21 Falgun. And citizens have expressed their opinions on the problems they face as citizens and the priorities of the government.
Similarly, 21.6 percent responded that there is no problem, while 5.6 percent responded that they did not know or did not want to say.
The results of the poll will be published every day according to the social and political dimensions. This survey was conducted in collaboration with Kantipur and Sharecast Initiative.
Similarly, when asked what the main priorities of the next government should be, 22.5 percent (rural municipalities) answered that roads and transportation should be the priority. 23.0 percent (municipal municipalities) said that education should be prioritized, while 21.1 percent (sub-/metropolitan municipalities) said that employment should be prioritized.
In the survey conducted on the main 8 problems of citizens, 19.3 percent of the participants said that unemployment was the biggest problem for them.
17.8 percent cited economic difficulties, 12.3 percent cited poor road conditions, 9.3 percent cited health services, 8 percent cited drinking water, 3.1 percent cited irrigation, 3.1 percent cited education, and 2.6 percent cited agriculture as the main problems.
When asked what the main priority of the next government should be, including seven priorities, 21.2 percent cited roads and transportation, 16.8 percent cited employment, 15.4 percent cited education, 9.1 percent cited health, 6.6 percent cited drinking water and sanitation, 6.5 percent cited agriculture and irrigation, 3.1 percent cited corruption control, and 5.6 percent did not know.
2905 citizens from 45 districts participated in the 'National Opinion Survey'
This is how the survey was conducted
In the survey on 'Citizens' perceptions on contemporary social, economic and political issues in Nepal', about 2905 people from all over the country were interviewed by direct meetings.
While selecting the respondents participating in the survey, the number of respondents (sample) has been distributed based on the proportion of the number of households in all seven provinces. Members who have been living as members of a single household in the same house for the past 6 months and who eat in the same kitchen have been counted as a household.
While distributing the number of households and respondents participating in the interview, it has been distributed based on the proportion of the total number of households living in rural municipalities, municipalities and metropolitan cities. The selection of districts and municipalities for the survey has been done based on the PPS (Probability Proportion to Size) method.
116 wards have been selected from 102 municipalities in 45 districts for the survey. When selecting households, after reaching the selected ward, a chowk was randomly selected and the houses on the right side of that chowk were selected. A list of 90 households in the rural municipality, 120 households in the municipality, and 150 households in the metropolitan city were prepared from the selected tole. To determine which households to interview, only 25 households within the selected ward were interviewed, which is the number of households divided by 25.
A list of potential respondents was prepared only for Nepali citizens aged 18 to 70 who had lived in the selected households for at least 6 months and who could hear, understand, and respond to what the enumerator said. The ‘kiss grid’ method was used to determine which household members to interview. Only members selected through this method were interviewed after prior consent for the interview. The interview was not conducted with the member found at home or with the person met on the way. Only the members selected through the scientific method of research were interviewed.
During the survey, 38 enumerators were mobilized from 17 Pus to 17 Magh in 19 groups of 2/2 people for on-site interviews. The margin of error of the survey is only +/-5 percent. The questions asked for the interview and the answers were entered on mobile/tablets using the 'Open Data Kit Software'. To ensure the quality of the data, GPS, on-site observation, on-site training and feedback were conducted for each household selected for the interview. In addition, about 15 percent of the interviews were re-tested, while the contribution to the counter-enumerator interviews was limited to only 2.6 percent. While selecting respondents in the provinces and municipalities, the actual ratio of the 2078 census was used, and gender selection was also based on the ratio of the census, so these variables are 'self-weighted'.
The data analysis of the survey was done by Madhu Acharya and Bhumiraj Chapagain of Sharecast Initiative. The 'National Opinion Survey-2082' was conducted in collaboration with Kantipur and Sharecast Initiative.
Limitations of the survey
1. The answers given by the respondent during the interview are recorded as the final answers.
2. The answers may have been biased due to the respondent's social, economic and political background or affiliation. No other controls were included in the survey except for the supplementary questions asked to measure the impartiality of the respondent's answers.
3. The personal, family, social and economic conditions of the respondent and the relationship between them may have affected the answers, the survey did not analyze which questions may have had an impact.
4. Statistical research may not accurately represent the social, behavioral and qualitative aspects of people in some cases. Additional qualitative studies may be necessary to get to the bottom of the reasons for the results. This survey does not cover the qualitative aspect.
5. Since the survey was conducted during normal conditions in the months of Pus-Magh, this survey does not project the results that would or might occur under unusual or different social or political conditions.
6. The survey has taken the responses of 2,905 respondents residing in 116 wards from 102 municipalities in 45 districts as representative responses.
7. This data does not represent Nepalis living abroad, including those under 18 years of age and over 70 years of age.
