2,054 rated or chosen profiles from 2,054 respondents, in up to 1 tasks of 1 profile varying on 8 attributes.
| Description | Kenyan adults in a telephone survey (TIFA, 2021; n=2,054) each heard one vignette about a taxpayer with 8 randomized binary factors (gender, earnings, access to services, community donations, fairness, transparency, detection, fine) and answered yes/no whether the person should pay tax, whether evasion would be justified and whether they trust government with tax money. |
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| Reference | Ahsan Jansson, C., Lust, E., & Oguso, A. (2026). Community donations, public goods provision and taxpayer attitudes: Lessons from a survey experiment in Kenya. Political Science Research and Methods. |
| DOI | 10.1017/psrm.2026.10098 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/POT08T |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 2,054 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 2,054 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 1 |
| Profiles per task | 1 |
| Attributes | 8 |
| Topic | tax welfare economy |
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| A profile represents | person |
| Country | KE |
| Language shown | unknown |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| rating_justifiable | Would it be justified if the person did not report all their income to pay less tax? [rating, 0 (No) to 1 (Yes)] |
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| rating_pay_tax | Should the person pay income tax to the government? [rating, 0 (No) to 1 (Yes)] |
| rating_trust_gov | Would you trust the government to spend the tax money wisely? [rating, 0 (No) to 1 (Yes)] |
attr_community_donationsattr_detectionattr_earningsattr_fairnessattr_fineattr_genderattr_service_provisionattr_transparencycov_agecov_educationcov_enough_incomecov_ever_employedcov_gendercov_resp_community_goodscov_resp_contributedcov_resp_detectioncov_resp_tax_benefitcov_ruralcov_worksidprofilerating_justifiablerating_pay_taxrating_trust_govtask
The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("ahsanjansson_2026_tax_compliance", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("ahsanjansson_2026_tax_compliance", source="conj")
@article{Ahsan_Jansson_2026, title={Community donations, public goods provision, and taxpayer attitudes: lessons from a survey experiment in Kenya}, ISSN={2049-8489}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2026.10098}, DOI={10.1017/psrm.2026.10098}, journal={Political Science Research and Methods}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Ahsan Jansson, Cecilia and Lust, Ellen and Oguso, Alex}, year={2026}, month=Apr, pages={1–8} }
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint v4.2 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qkye-q530 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v4.2 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |