A newly-released survey has stated that around 58 percent of Yemeni citizens are keeping track of developments in the National Dialogue Conference (NDC).

Conducted by PERCENT for Polling Research, 1000 people in 19 Yemeni governorates were surveyed.

According to the survey results, 76% of Yemeni men and 39% of women above 14 years of age have been paying attention to NDC activities. 

Geographically speaking, the highest rate of interest in the NDC was in Dhamar governorate, where 91% of people expressed an interest in the conference. Lahj came in second, at 85%. In both governorates, there was a 10% gap in interest among genders, with more men than women expressing interest.

In Taiz, 82% of citizens said they were keeping track of the NDC; for Taizi women, the percentage was 51%.

Overall, 75% of citizens in Dhale governorate are keeping track; however, in Dhale there was a 30% disparity in interest in favor of men.

In Raima and Jawf, all men surveyed said they were interested in NDC activity; meanwhile, the percentages for women in the respective governorates were only 30 and 20.

Only 27% of citizens, most of them men, in Baidha are keeping track of the NDC; for Marib, the number is only slightly better at 30%

In Hadhramout, 33% of those surveyed expressed interest; meanwhile, in the capital city of Sana’a, only 40% of men and 24% of women reported that they were keeping track of NDC events and activities.

The survey also found that the differential in urban and rural areas was not significantly high. 62% of urban citizens, as compared with 56% of rural citizens, expressed interest in the NDC.

In terms of the age of those surveyed, 39% of people 65 years of age and over said they were interested in the NDC.

On the other hand, 61% of citizens between the ages of 35 and 44 said they were interested.

Meanwhile, just 32% of surveyed illiterate citizens stated that they had in interest in the National Dialogue.

It was found that the higher the degrees possessed by citizens, the more likely it was that they would be keeping track of the NDC.