The sample was broken down into nearly equivalent numbers of rural (47.8%) and urban residents (52.2%), and, as can be seen from Table 2, this was mainly due to the wholly urban nature of the Marondera group. Table 2: Breakdown by area of residence District Bulawayo Gokwe Gutu Harare/Chitungwiza Marondera Matopos Mazowe Nkayi Zvishavane Totals: % Rural 0.0 91.4 71.4 0.5 0.0 68.6 51.1 97.1 79.6 47.8% % Urban 100.0 8.6 28.6 99.5 100.0 31.4 48.9 2.9 20.4 52.2% There were a number of significant differences between the two groups in the demographic breakdown, all of which would be expected: the rural sample was older, married, more likely to earn their living through farming, and had primary school education only. The urban sample was more likely to have secondary education and to be self-employed. Results It is useful at the outset to consider how women might have responded to the SiMuka campaign by looking at the results of the actual elections in 2008 and 2013. The rationale here is that it is useful to compare what the women have said about these two elections with what actually happened in the voting. As can be seen from the table (Table 3), in all the districts sampled under the SiMuka campaign, there were increases in the number of voters in 2013 relative to 2008, notwithstanding the decreases in several Districts in voters registered 13. It must be pointed out that there is dispute about the validity of the increased voting in 2013, but, as regards the SiMuka campaign, it is fair to point out that the findings of the second survey – of a very large increase in women stating that they had voted in 2013 – accord with the trend of the results of the poll. 13 Of course, the study cannot make any claims that the results represent any kind of trend since the sampling was not stratified nor random. Page 8