The Arab Opinion Index 2025 Syrian sample is 3,691 respondents in the published microdata and 3,690 in the fielding institution’s results announcement, and the survey is a split ballot of three forms: Q426 was answered by 1,235, SY_2025_80 by 2,477 and SY_2025_79_1 by 2,449.
Claim ID
CH4-AOI-001
Exact or summary claim
The Arab Opinion Index 2025 Syrian sample is 3,691 respondents in the published microdata and 3,690 in the fielding institution’s results announcement, and the survey is a split ballot of three forms: Q426 was answered by 1,235, SY_2025_80 by 2,477 and SY_2025_79_1 by 2,449.
Destination
Chapter 4, the survey section
Status
SUPPORTED
Source
SRC-130 for the codebook; the published microdata at research/Arab Opinion Index Syria 2025/aoi-data-2025-en-stata.dta
Source type
Primary microdata published by the fielding institution, opened and counted
Published
2025
Accessed
2026-09-06
Measure and scope
Counted here 6 September 2026 on the Stata file: Syrian rows are those with Q1 == 18, n = 3,691. Form sizes 1,242, 1,235 and 1,214. The crosstab of form against answered is exact for Q426: 1,235 of form 3 and zero of forms 2 and 4.
Known conflict
The results announcement gives 3,690. THE PROSE PRINTS BOTH AND PICKS NEITHER.
Specialist
Survey methods
Downstream
Chapter 4 lines 209 and 211
Action
State both sample figures and attribute each. Do not compare the three questions without saying they went to different subsamples.