Youth cohort size, social media and political participation in Africa

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. Files and formats: [Dataset_10.5281zenodo.21931020.dta]: Dataset (.dta) [Dataset_10.5281zenodo.21931020.csv]: Dataset (.csv) [Do-file_10.5281zenodo.21931020.do]: Do file containing the replication code (.do) [Do-file_10.5281zenodo.21931020.txt]: Do file containing the replication code (.txt) Additional material: [Appendix_10.5281zenodo.21931020.pdf]: Appendix to the dataset and its related publication (PDF/A)   Megatrends Afrika is a joint project of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). The research data and replication code was initially produced in STATA. We recommend to use the .dta files if possible. empty cells = N/A