Africa Policy E-Journal
Africa: List Survey
Date distributed (ymd): 990705
APIC Document
Note: This survey is posted on the web for archival purposes.
It is intended for use by subscribers to the Africa Policy Electronic
Distribution List during July and August 1998. If you are a
subscriber, and have not yet filled in this form, simply copy
and paste the form to a new e-mail message, fill it out, and
send it to: esurvey@africapolicy.org.
<Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List>
Fourth Annual Reader Survey
July 5, 1999
This is the fourth survey of readers of the Africa Policy
Electronic Distribution List. Your responses to this annual
survey provide valuable information on your views of our
service, as well as suggestions for improvements. We have
implemented some of the suggestions from earlier years, and,
with your help, hope to continue to improve.
The number of addresses on the list has continued to grow.
Since the last survey a year ago, it has increased almost
20%, from 2200 addresses to over 2600.
Your opinions are important to us, and help us to continue to
improve our service. We have tried to make the survey long
enough
to provide substantive data, but not so long as to be a
burden. We hope you will take time out of your busy schedule
to fill out the 30 items below.
To evaluate trends, most questions are the same as those in
previous years. According to our test runs, it should take 15
minutes or less to complete the survey.
As an extra incentive to respond, we will send everyone
who submits a completed questionnaire a free, attractive
11" by 17" poster with a map and charts of "Africa's Health."
This is the fourth in our poster series, which in previous
years included "Africa's Regions," "Changing Africa," and
"Africa's Women." (Allow four to five weeks for us to process
the forms and get the posters in the mail to you.)
We have added a question to find out how many of you are also
paying members of APIC. (No discrimination: you'll get your
poster and continue to receive free documents from the list,
whether you are a member or not. But if you have never joined,
please consider doing so.)
So please take the time to: (1) use your e-mail program, news
reader or browser to download or copy this message into a
return message so that you can edit it, (2) put your answers
within the brackets for each question, (3) put an x in each
check-box [ ] that applies, and (4) E-MAIL THE COMPLETED
SURVEY BACK TO ESURVEY@AFRICAPOLICY.ORG AS AN ASCII (PLAIN
TEXT)MESSAGE - NOT AN ATTACHMENT. THE [ ], { } AND < >
SYMBOLS ARE INCLUDED TO AUTOMATE OUR PROCESSING OF THE FORMS;
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THEM, AND DON'T DELETE THE QUESTIONS.
Longer answers, however, may take more than one line.
If it is very inconvenient for you to return the form by
e-mail, you may send it to us by fax (202-546-1545) or by post
(110 Maryland Ave. NE, #509, Washington, DC 20002 USA). Due to
the extra time required to process non-electronic responses,
however, expect additional delays before receiving your
poster.
P.S. All individual data on this form will be treated as
confidential. Only the analysis of totals will be made
public. The names and postal addresses may be used
(infrequently) for mailing out announcements or other
information from APIC.
Thank you very much.
1. <poster>
Please send me my free "Africa's Health" poster.
[ ] yes
2. <first_name>
[ ]
3. <last_name>
[ ]
4. <organization>
[ ]
5. <postal_address>
[ ]
6. <city>
[ ]
7. <state/province>
[ ]
8. <postal_code>
[ ]
9. <country>
[ ]
10. <email_address>
[ ]
11. <how_long>
How long have you been receiving or retrieving documents from
the Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List?
[ ] Less than two months
[ ] Two months to a year
[ ] More than one year
12. <how_received>
How do you receive or retrieve documents from the Africa
Policy Electronic Distribution List?
[ ] by e-mail directly from APIC
[ ] by e-mail indirectly through another mailing list
(please indicate the name of the list)
{list_name}
[ ]
[ ] on a bulletin board, conference, or newsgroup
(please indicate the name of the conference)
{conf_name}
[ ]
[ ] on a Web site
(please indicate the site name or URL)
{web_site}
[ ]
[ ] other (please explain)
{other_source}
[ ]
13. <access>
Do you have access to a Web browser with a direct internet
connection?
[ ] yes
14. <visit>
If yes, on average how often do you visit the Africa Policy
Web Site?
[ ] more than once a week
[ ] between once a week and once a month
[ ] less than once a month
[ ] never
15. <reading_pattern>
Of every 10 documents distributed, on average, roughly how
many (on a scale from 0 to 10) would you say you dealt with in
the following ways?
<Number discarded or deleted without reading [ ] >
<Number skimmed quickly [ ] >
<Number read more carefully [ ] >
<Number archived for later reference [ ] >
<Number redistributed to others [ ] >
{People_sent_to}
If you do redistribute a document, roughly how many
additional people do you normally send it to?
<Average number receiving a document from me [ ]>
<Number used later for teaching or public education [ ]>
16. <frequency>
For your needs, is the frequency of documents distributed
[ ] Too frequent
[ ] About right
[ ] Not frequent enough
17. <length>
For your needs, are most of the documents distributed
[ ] Too long and detailed
[ ] About right
[ ] Not detailed enough
18. <quality>
How would you rate the quality of the information and analysis
distributed?
[ ] Very good
[ ] Good
[ ] Average
[ ] Poor
[ ] Very poor
19. <action_pattern1>
When documents call for specific actions, such as writing to
policy-makers, how often have you contacted policy-makers by
phone, fax or e-mail concerning the issue?
[ ] Never
[ ] Almost never
[ ] Sometimes
[ ] Often
[ ] Always
20. <action_pattern2>
When documents call for specific actions, such as writing to
policy-makers, how often have you passed on the documents to
others who you think might want to contact policy-makers
concerning the issue?
[ ] Never
[ ] Almost never
[ ] Sometimes
[ ] Often
[ ] Always
As you know, our objectives are to reach the broadest possible
audience in order to enable more informed public influence on
policy decisions. The following questions will enable us to
report to you on who we are reaching, and to improve our
strategies for reaching wider constituencies. Individual data
will be treated as confidential.
21. <age>
[ ] Under 20
[ ] 20 to 35
[ ] 36 to 50
[ ] Over 50
22. <sex>
[ ] Male
[ ] Female
23. <education>
What is your level of education?
[ ] advanced degree
[ ] college degree
[ ] secondary school
[ ] other
24. <institution>
What is your primary institutional affiliation? (Check one.)
[ ] educational institution
[ ] commercial institution
[ ] governmental institution
[ ] religious institution
[ ] non-governmental organization (non-religious)
[ ] media institution
[ ] trade-union
[ ] foundation or other philanthropic institution
[ ] other
25. <africa_connection>
What are your significant personal connections with African
concerns? (Check all that apply.)
[ ] Born in (or parents born in) an African country
[ ] Spouse or in-laws born in an African country
[ ] Worked in an African country for year or more
[ ] Visited an African country for shorter time
[ ] African-American or other African diaspora community
[ ] Business interests
[ ] Academic interests
[ ] Other professional interests
[ ] Activist concerns for human rights, development,
environment, social justice and related issues
26. <involvement>
If you are living outside the African continent, please check
all that apply:
[ ] actively involved in local organization working on
African issues
[ ] somewhat involved in local organization working on
African issues
[ ] active member of national organization working on
African issues
[ ] supporter of national organization working on African
issues
27. <issues>
Please check the two broad issue areas of greatest interest
for you.
[ ] Human Rights/Democratization/Political
Participation
[ ] Economy, Development, Social Justice
[ ] Conflict, Security and Peacemaking
[ ] Gender/Women
[ ] other (please explain)
{other_issue}
[ ]
28. <regions>
Please check the two geographical areas of greatest interest
for you.
[ ] Africa (continent-wide issues)
[ ] Southern Africa
[ ] Central Africa
[ ] West Africa
[ ] East Africa
[ ] North Africa
[ ] other (including countries or areas neglected by the
list)
{other_area}
[ ]
29. <member>
What is your APIC membership status?
[ ] I am a current member (contributed $40 or more within
the last year.
[ ] I have been an APIC member, but don't know if I have
renewed my membership within the last year.
[ ] I appreciate your information, but have never sent in
a contribution to become an APIC member.
[ ] Don't know or unsure.
30. <additional>
Please add any additional comments, criticisms, or
suggestions.
[ ]
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