The study on Ethnic Diversification, Inter-Ethnic Cooperation and Economic Development in Malawi was a phone survey that was conducted to gauge public attitudes on ethnic identity and diversity, COVID-19 vaccination, and development partners and their assistance.

A total of 3,243 survey interviews were conducted with respondents from across Malawi via phone from August to October of 2021. The respondents comprised those who had taken part in previous COVID-19 phone surveys that IPOR had conducted and new respondents from IPOR’s database of active mobile phone numbers. The study was commissioned and funded by University College London (UCL) and University of California San Diego (UC San Diego). IPOR’s role in the study’s implementation included contributions towards the development the study’s tools, translation of the study tools, recruitment and training of Research Assistants, and data collection and cleaning.