6,144 rated or chosen profiles from 1,024 respondents, in up to 3 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 10 attributes.

One of 6 tables from the same source; this one is the us table. The others are listed under Related tables.

About this table

Description	1,024 US adults (Qualtrics panel with quotas, May 2023) chose between 3 pairs of hypothetical countries varying 10 attributes (leader selection, civil liberties, leader constraints, corruption, national economy, own wealth, public safety, health care, minority treatment, own group status) on where they would prefer to be born and grow up, and rated each country 1-7 on how happy they would be to have grown up there.
Reference	Chu, J. A., Williamson, S., & Yeung, E. S. F. (2025). Are people willing to trade away democracy for desirable outcomes? Experimental evidence from six countries. Comparative Political Studies.
DOI	10.1177/00104140251392539
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WUDAWV

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice = which of two hypothetical countries (A/B) the respondent would prefer to be born and grow up in (forced, no opt-out); rating = how happy the respondent would be to have been born and grown up in each country, 1 = extremely unhappy to 7 = extremely happy. Levels independently randomized with equal probability; attribute order randomized per respondent (only the position of the democracy block is recorded). N = 1,024 as in the paper; attribute text as displayed in the survey language.

These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.

Design

Topic	democracy institutions
A profile represents	place
Country	US
Language shown	en
Language of stored levels	en
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	If you had to choose, which country would you prefer to be born and grow up in? [choice, forced]
rating	Now just think about Country A [B]. How happy would you be to have been born and grown up in this country? [rating, 1 (Extremely unhappy) to 7 (Extremely happy)]

Columns

attr_civil_libertiesattr_corruptionattr_health_careattr_leader_constraintsattr_leader_selectionattr_minority_treatmentattr_national_economyattr_public_safetyattr_respondent_identityattr_respondent_wealthchoicecov_agecov_duration_seccov_educationcov_gendercov_ideologycov_minoritycov_party_idcov_survey_languageidprofileratingtasktrial_democracy_position

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("chu_2025_democracy_tradeoff_us", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("chu_2025_democracy_tradeoff_us", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Chu_2025, title={Are People Willing to Trade Away Democracy for Desirable Outcomes? Experimental Evidence From Six Countries}, ISSN={1552-3829}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140251392539}, DOI={10.1177/00104140251392539}, journal={Comparative Political Studies}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Chu, Jonathan A. and Williamson, Scott and Yeung, Eddy S. F.}, year={2025}, month=Nov }

Respondents	1,024
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	6,144
Tasks per respondent (most)	3
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	10
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

IRW version	v584
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

chu_2025_democracy_tradeoff_us