ZIMBABWE ELECTION SUPPORT NETWORK
Table 44
PROVINCES
GENDER
MALE
FEMALE
Bulawayo
Harare
Manicaland
Mashonaland West
Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland East
Mashonaland West
Masvingo
Matabeleland North
Matabeleland South
Midlands
Grand Total
Total Percentage
2
12
9
1
8
2
3
4
Grand Total
2
13
6
1
3
4
2
1
2
1
9
44
3.67%
1
14
56
4.67%
4
25
15
2
11
6
5
5
2
2
23
100
8.33%
ward from the 2018 Voters' Roll were compared
against the information that they provided to the
ZESN enumerators. For each type of these seven
types of identifying data, the information on the
2018 Voters Roll matched that provided by the
individual in over 95% of the cases. The highest
percentages were for gender and ward which
matched for 100% of the individuals and the lowest
was for date of birth which matched for 91.8%.
Accuracy List-to-people
To measure accuracy, ZESN matched gender, ward,
surname, National IDs, forenames and date of birth.
The ZEC endeavored to capture voter registration
data with a high degree of accuracy. Of the 1,063
individuals sampled from the 2018 Voters Roll who
were located, their surname, forenames, surname
and forenames together, their gender, their National
ID number, their date of birth, and their assigned
Chart 47: Accuracy
102%
100%
100%
100%
98%
98%
98%
97%
96%
95%
94%
93%
92%
90%
88%
Gender
Ward
Surname only
I.D.
Name only
Both
Surname and
Forename
Date of Birth
Identification Number Mismatch
A verification exercise of the list-to-people method to confirm accuracy of national identification numbers
showed that mismatches were 2.2%, major mismatches were 0.2% and minor mismatches 2%. These
statistics do not include respondents who refused to show enumerators their IDs, and another 9% could not be
located at the given address.
ID number Mismatches
All mismatches
2.2%
Major mismatches Minor mismatches
0.2%
2%
Typical example of major mismatch
23-115883-J23
26-124456-X23
9
9
ZEC data is colour coded in green and written in capital letter
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