8,186 rated or chosen profiles from 824 respondents, in up to 5 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 9 attributes.
| Description | Adult UK Prolific respondents (2023) compared 5 pairs of short news reports about crises under two governments, varying 9 attributes (crisis type, economic and household damage, expert warnings, prevention spending, opposition and prime-minister behaviour, speed and size of relief). 824 respondents (812 complete); three forced choices per pair: re-elect, handled better, more responsible. |
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| Reference | Berz, J. (2026). Crises and electoral accountability: How do individual characteristics of crises affect performance and responsibility evaluations among voters? Government and Opposition, 61, e19. |
| DOI | 10.1017/gov.2026.10043 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IXPGSG |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 824 |
|---|---|
| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 8,186 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 5 |
| Profiles per task | 2 |
| Attributes | 9 |
| Tasks with no profile chosen | 0 |
| Topic | corruption accountability |
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| A profile represents | scenario |
| Country | GB |
| Language shown | en |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| choice | Which government do you prefer to re-elect? [choice, forced] |
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| choice_handled | Which government has handled their crisis better? [choice, forced] |
| choice_responsible | Which government is more responsible for the severity of their crisis? [choice, forced] |
attr_crisis_typeattr_damage_economyattr_damage_householdsattr_expert_predictionattr_opposition_behaviourattr_pm_behaviourattr_prevention_spendingattr_relief_amountattr_response_speedchoicechoice_handledchoice_responsiblecov_covid_hospitalcov_duration_seccov_educationcov_finishedcov_floodedcov_job_losscov_knowledge_1cov_knowledge_2cov_knowledge_3cov_party_idcov_party_identifieridprofiletask
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("berz_2026_crisis_accountability", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("berz_2026_crisis_accountability", source="conj")
@article{Berz_2026, title={Crises and Electoral Accountability: How Do Individual Characteristics of Crises Affect Performance and Responsibility Evaluations among Voters?}, volume={61}, ISSN={1477-7053}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2026.10043}, DOI={10.1017/gov.2026.10043}, journal={Government and Opposition}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Berz, Jan}, year={2026} }
| 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 |