With the move toward online learning all over the world, someone asked me about Internet access in Armenia. The most recent publicly available data that we have is from the 2017 Caucasus Barometer. Here are a few relevant statistics. Please note that the survey respondents are a mix of household answers (like owning a computer)…
Armenia experienced its most profound political change since becoming independent when former President and briefly Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. Sargsyan served two terms as president of Armenia, but in 2015, he changed the constitution which moved Armenia from a semi-presidential system to a parliamentary one. Then, despite promising otherwise, he was elected Prime Minister…
ISIS/L is on everyone’s minds nowadays. Some people are concerned that IDPs in Azerbaijan are especially vulnerable to ISIS recruiting because of their marginalized position in society. (I did a blog post on attitudes toward IDPs in Azerbaijan in 2013.) Some colleagues asked if there was any evidence that Azerbaijani IDPs are more likely to…
There is so much discussion about Armenia’s possible membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. Today I was in the 2013 Caucasus Barometer for other reasons and noticed that the EEU came up in a question. I’ve also posted the results for EU and NATO. I’m a little annoyed that EEU wasn’t asked about in Azerbaijan….
Link to full 2013 2012 2011 And here’s some graphics for the devices.
Material deprivation Although many studies use income as a single indicator of socioeconomic status, certainly income is not a complete or direct measure of total economic wellbeing (Falkingham, 1999; Ringen, 1998). We use a consensual poverty measure, where the greater the number of consumable items absent, the greater the degree of material deprivation (Demirchyan &…
I’m working on a project right now that looks at trust, so I wanted to share some results from the 2013 Caucasus Barometer. Here’s some work on trust from 2012. And more from the EBRD Life in Transitions study. First, the generalized trust question – there is scholarly debate about how people interpret this question,…
Number of Facebook users in the Caucasus is a popular topic. I did this analysis with data from Facebook itself. From the 2013 Caucasus Barometer, we see that 20% of Armenian adults, 16% of Azerbaijani adults, and 26% of Georgian adults use Facebook at least once a week. (Also provided are the percentages out of…
The new Caucasus Barometer is out and I did some analysis on voting behaviors. (Here’s 2011 and Here’s 2012.) These voting rates seem to match up with the official reported rates. Wow – this is all over the place. Georgia isn’t a surprise, Armenia is interesting, and Azerbaijan is depressing. Interesting with regard to the…
Okay okay okay… a sneak preview. Previous posts on Azerbaijan and gender online for context… * Gender online, Azerbaijan, 2012, Caucasus Barometer * Regional and gender Internet activities, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, 2012, Caucasus Barometer * Internet infographic, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, 2012, Caucasus Barometer * Social networking sites, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, 2012, Caucasus Barometer * All…