1. Introduction and Background The Research and Advocacy Unit and the Mass Public Opinion Institute conducted a study to examine active citizenship in Zimbabwe, with a major focus on women and youth. Using all the six rounds of the Afrobarometer data from 1999 to 2014 the study looked at “risk aversion” focusing on the risk taking and risk aversion behaviour of Zimbabweans. 1 The interest in people’s risk taking behaviour was borne out of the need to understand the rise to eminence of citizen movements and collective citizen action and apparent increase in active citizenship in 2016. The desk study was underpinned by the hypotheses that people’s risk taking/avoidance is differentiated according to gender, age, education, employment, residence (rural or urban), and political affiliation as well as residence and political affiliation which were thought be more central variables in determining risk taking and risk aversion in Zimbabwe. After conducting the desk study, MPOI and RAU then sought to triangulate sources by conducting dissemination meetings in Harare, Mutare, Gweru and Bulawayo with the dual objectives of validating the findings in the desk study “Are Zimbabweans Revolting: Risk Aversion Study First Phase” paper and eliciting key respondents’ and youth views on Zimbabweans’ risk taking and risk aversion behaviour. 2. Methodology 2.1 Focus Group Discussions RAU and MPOI held focus group discussions with randomly selected youth in Gweru, Mutare and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. The objective of the FGDs was to capture young people’s views on risk aversion and risk taking behaviour in Zimbabwe. We developed an FGD guide that looked at individual perceptions of risk, commonly held views of the drivers of risk and youth experiences with risk taking. Location Gweru Mutare Bulawayo Group FGD FGD FGD Male 7 10 5 Female 5 5 3 Data was recorded during the meetings, transcribed, cleaned and entered into NVIVO where the analysis was done. This analysis began with reading, coding of major themes and word frequency count, and thematic analysis of the emerging themes. 2.2 Civil Society Dissemination and Validation Meetings Participants were mainly drawn from civil society organisations, international development organisations, academia and community groups in the four centres where the meetings were held. Location Harare Gweru Mutare Bulawayo Group Key informants Key informants Key informants Key informants Male 10 12 12 10 Female 4 8 7 5 1 Eldred Masunungure, Tony Reeler, Richman Kokera, Daniel Mususa, Stephen Ndoma & Heather Koga (2016), Are Zimbabweans Revolting? An examination of Risk-taking and Risk-Aversion since 1999, May 2017. MPOI & RAU. 3