24,990 rated or chosen profiles from 2,499 respondents, in up to 5 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 8 attributes.
| Description | Swiss residents (German-language online survey; 2,499 respondents) compared 5 pairs of hypothetical persons varying occupation, education, income, place of residence, gender, sexuality, migration background and age: which person stands higher in Swiss society (choice, n = 2,382) and each person's place on a 1-10 status ladder (rating, n = 2,436). |
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| Reference | Breyer, M. (2025). Perceptions of the social status hierarchy and its cultural and economic sources. European Journal of Political Research, 64(2), 810-833. |
| DOI | 10.1111/1475-6765.12712 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8JFKC1 |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 2,499 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 24,990 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 5 |
| Profiles per task | 2 |
| Attributes | 8 |
| Tasks with no profile chosen | 0 |
| Topic | social identity interpersonal |
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| A profile represents | person |
| Country | CH |
| Language shown | de |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | observed in the data (not documented by the source): Electrician only with Vocational degree; Primary school teacher, Engineer, Lawyer only with University degree; Gardener never with University degree; Waiter with any (authors model Occupation * Education). Migration background None ~60%, each of Italian/Turkish/Kosovar/Nigerian ~10%; occupation shares unequal (Waiter 30%, Gardener 20%, Electrician and Primary school teacher 15%, Engineer and Lawyer 10%), consistent with education drawn uniformly and occupation within education. |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Because the attribute levels were not randomized independently, an estimator has to account for the restriction; a plain difference in means across levels can mislead.
Outcomes:
| choice | Hier sehen Sie eine Tabelle mit Eigenschaften von zwei verschiedenen Personen. Es gibt in der Schweiz Gruppen am oberen Rand der Gesellschaft und andere Gruppen am unteren Rand. Welche der beiden Personen steht Ihrer Meinung nach aktuell in der Schweiz weiter oben? Bitte wählen Sie diese Person aus. [choice, forced] |
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| rating | Bitte positionieren Sie beide Personen ebenfalls auf der gesellschaftlichen Skala von «unten» (1) bis «oben» (10). [rating, 1 (unten) to 10 (oben)] |
attr_ageattr_educationattr_genderattr_incomeattr_migration_backgroundattr_occupationattr_residenceattr_sexualitychoicecov_age_groupcov_educov_gendercov_income_group_eqcov_lr_groupcov_migrationbcov_migrationb_not_germancov_sdo_groupcov_sexual_orientationcov_sss_future_groupcov_sss_group2cov_sss_group3cov_sss_past_groupcov_urban_2catcov_urban_catidprofileratingtask
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("breyer_2025_social_status", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("breyer_2025_social_status", source="conj")
@article{Breyer_2025, title={Perceptions of the social status hierarchy and its cultural and economic sources}, volume={64}, ISSN={1475-6765}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12712}, DOI={10.1111/1475-6765.12712}, number={2}, journal={European Journal of Political Research}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Breyer, Magdalena}, year={2025}, month=May, pages={810–833} }
| 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 |