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STUDY PROTOCOL article

Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Peace and Democracy
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1508570
This article is part of the Research Topic The securitization of ‘everything’. Towards a new meta-security era of counter-desecuritization attempts? View all 3 articles

Protocol for Public Opinion Survey, Ecuador 2025

Provisionally accepted
Javier Chiliquinga-Amaya Javier Chiliquinga-Amaya *Marco Faytong-Haro Marco Faytong-Haro Romina Sánchez Romina Sánchez Michela Andrade Michela Andrade Efraín Vásquez Efraín Vásquez Patricio Alvarez-Muñoz Patricio Alvarez-Muñoz
  • State University of Milagro, Milagro, Ecuador

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    This observational survey protocol aims to investigate public opinion about security and democracy in Ecuador during the critical period in 2025 and 2026. This study will focus on university students, exploring the relationships between trust in the president, approval of his administration, and support for democracy versus the possibility of moving toward regimes with greater military power. The main objective is to understand how trust in different social groups and institutions, perceptions of security, and gender roles influences these political attitudes.Data will be collected monthly from April 2025 to April 2026 using an online questionnaire administered to a representative sample of higher-education students at Milagro State University (UNEMI). The longitudinal design ensured continuity of the same respondents' data over time. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, nonparametric tests, and logistic regression models, were used to identify the trends and correlations.This study aims to provide anticipated insights into how security perceptions and gender roles could influence policy support, based on data collected in 2025 and 2026. This study emphasizes the importance of balancing security needs with democratic principles, contributing to a more informed and strategic approach to governance in Ecuador.

    Keywords: Public Opinion, security, Democracy, governance, gender roles

    Received: 09 Oct 2024; Accepted: 22 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Chiliquinga-Amaya, Faytong-Haro, Sánchez, Andrade, Vásquez and Alvarez-Muñoz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Javier Chiliquinga-Amaya, State University of Milagro, Milagro, Ecuador

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