bayer_2026_migration_destinations

39,912 rated or chosen profiles from 3,326 respondents, in up to 6 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 6 attributes.

About this table

DescriptionNigerian adults recruited through Facebook/Instagram ads chose which of two hypothetical destination countries they would rather migrate to, in 6 pairs varying jobs, climate risks, access to healthcare, family reunification, settlement rights and elections. 3,326 respondents (of the authors' 3,450 completes); forced choice.
ReferenceBayer, P., Ozturk, A., & Pardos-Prado, S. (2026). Climate migration or climate immobility? Evidence from micro-level causal analysis of migration intentions in Nigeria. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
DOI10.1080/1369183X.2026.2707755
LicenceCC0 1.0
Source datahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/47IM5S

Notes

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Size and shape

Respondents3,326
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)39,912
Tasks per respondent (most)6
Profiles per task2
Attributes6
Tasks with no profile chosen0

Design

Topicimmigration asylum
A profile representsplace
CountryNG
Language shownen
Language of stored levelsen
Randomization restrictionsunknown
Task orderrecorded in the deposit
Profile positionrecorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choiceGenerally speaking, if you had to choose, which one of these two options w... (source label truncated at 80 characters) [choice, forced]

Columns

attr_climateattr_family_reunificationattr_governmentattr_healthcareattr_jobsattr_settlementattrpos_climateattrpos_family_reunificationattrpos_governmentattrpos_healthcareattrpos_jobsattrpos_settlementchoicecov_agecov_areacov_duration_seccov_educationcov_gendercov_languagecov_migrate_likecov_migrate_likelycov_occupationcov_region_likecov_region_likelycov_religioncov_stateidprofiletasktrial_design_versiontrial_priming

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.

Get the data

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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("bayer_2026_migration_destinations", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("bayer_2026_migration_destinations", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Bayer_2026, title={Climate migration or climate immobility? Evidence from micro-level causal analysis of migration intentions in Nigeria}, ISSN={1469-9451}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2026.2707755}, DOI={10.1080/1369183x.2026.2707755}, journal={Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Bayer, Patrick and Öztürk, Aykut and Pardos-Prado, Sergi}, year={2026}, month=July, pages={1–22} }

Version and provenance

IRW versionv584
Redivis datasetirw_conjoint v4.2
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/qkye-q530
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv4.2
Metadata sourceirw_meta v44.0