Forschungsdaten

Youth cohort size, social media and political participation in Africa

Nkansah, Godfred Bonnah / Christine Hackenesch
Forschungsdaten (2026)

Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21931020
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Data and code that form the basis of the analyses and findings presented in the accompanying publication “African youth and the future of democracy: How social media and cohort size shape political participation” by Godfred Bonnah-Nkansah and Christine Hackenesch, published in Government & Opposition. The dataset comprises individual-level youth data (for persons 15-29 years old), in thirty-nine (39) African countries sampled in the Afrobarometer survey Rounds 6-9, complemented by country-level data on GDP per Capita from the World Bank; youth bulge ratio from the United Nations (UN) Population Bureau; and the V-Dem liberal democracy index.

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