Voices of the People

Focus Group Study

Guinea-Bissau

The focus group study helped contextualize and enrich the findings produced in the 2018 survey. Group interviews were conducted in ten different localities across the country and among people of varying social backgrounds, between October and November 2019. This research, involving 89 Bissau-Guinean citizens, led to an open-ended conversation over the main survey results. It allowed participants to discuss the country’s general situation, people’s capacity for social coexistence, women’s participation in public life, and popular perceptions of the state and political elites. The report includes four transcripts of 16,5 hours of recorded interviews. One transcript in Creole and the other three in Portuguese, two of which are organized thematically. This research was carried out in partnership with the Amílcar Cabral Center for Social Studies (CESAC), of Bissau.

Access a copy of the focus group study report and its annexes:

Focus Group Study: Final Report (in Portuguese)

Annexes

A.  Focus group questionnaire (in Portuguese)

B.  Summary of focus group interviews by thematic subject (in Portuguese)

C.  Focus group interviews by thematic subject (in Portuguese)

D.  Focus group interviews by locale (in Portuguese)

E.  Focus group interviews by locale (in Creole)