charnysh_2026_refugee_assistance

28,655 rated or chosen profiles from 2,476 respondents, in up to 6 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 5 attributes.

About this table

DescriptionPolish adults (face-to-face representative survey, fall 2022; 2,476 of 2,500 with an answer) compared pairs of hypothetical refugees (3 Syrian, then 3 Ukrainian tasks) varying family status, economic status, suffering, religion and skin tone; outcomes are a forced choice, willingness to host (1-4), donating food/money (1-5) and three yes/no judgements (in need, crime, burden).
ReferenceCharnysh, V., Peisakhin, L., Stoop, N., & van der Windt, P. (2026). Understanding refugee assistance: Evidence on Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Comparative Political Studies.
DOI10.1177/00104140261448441
LicenceCC0 1.0
Source datahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYB2CH

Notes

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Size and shape

Respondents2,476
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)28,655
Tasks per respondent (most)6
Profiles per task2
Attributes5
Tasks with no profile chosen0

Design

Topicimmigration asylum
A profile representsperson
CountryPL
Language shownpl
Language of stored levelsen
Randomization restrictionsunknown
Task orderinferred from row order
Profile positioninferred from row order

Task order or profile position was rebuilt from row order; analyses of position or task order should leave it out.

Outcomes:

choicePreferred refugee profile (forced choice; Stata label 'choice dummy excl. 88 & 99') (paraphrase) [choice, forced]
rating_burdenBurden: would take our jobs and benefits (paraphrase) [rating, 0 (no) to 1 (yes)]
rating_crimeWould increase crime or terrorism (paraphrase) [rating, 0 (no) to 1 (yes)]
rating_foodI would donate food or clothes to this individual (translated) [rating, 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Agree Strongly)]
rating_moneyI would donate money to this individual (translated) [rating, 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Agree Strongly)]
rating_needIs in great need (paraphrase) [rating, 0 (no) to 1 (yes)]
rating_willingWillingness to host this person (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (Strongly opposed to hosting this person) to 4 (Strongly willing to host this person)]

Columns

attr_economicattr_familyattr_religionattr_skinattr_sufferingchoicecov_agecov_concern_russiacov_gendercov_jobs_threatcov_survey_weightidprofilerating_burdenrating_crimerating_foodrating_moneyrating_needrating_willingtasktrial_refugee_origintrial_treatment

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.

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("charnysh_2026_refugee_assistance", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("charnysh_2026_refugee_assistance", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Charnysh_2026, title={Understanding Refugee Assistance: Evidence on Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees in Poland}, ISSN={1552-3829}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140261448441}, DOI={10.1177/00104140261448441}, journal={Comparative Political Studies}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Charnysh, Volha and Peisakhin, Leonid and Stoop, Nik and van der Windt, Peter}, year={2026}, month=June }

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