15,440 rated or chosen profiles from 1,935 respondents, in up to 4 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 5 attributes.

About this table

Description	1,935 US heterosexual parents (online sample, August 2020) compared 4 pairs of vignettes describing a married couple with two children, varying childcare availability, each spouse's work status and earnings, division of chore time and the husband's share of traditionally feminine tasks; they chose the arrangement they would prefer and rated each couple's fairness (1-5).
Reference	Hutchinson, A., Khan, S., & Matfess, H. (2023). Childcare, work, and household labor during a pandemic: Evidence on parents' preferences in the United States. Journal of Experimental Political Science, 10(2), 155-173.
DOI	10.1017/XPS.2022.24
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/E6J9AS

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice = which household arrangement the respondent would personally prefer to be in (paraphrase; forced choice, no opt-out); rating = 'How FAIR do you think Couple A's/B's situation is?' 1 = very unfair to 5 = very fair. Attribute levels are the phrases inserted into a vignette whose template is not deposited. 8 tasks whose levels were not saved and 24 tasks with no choice dropped (1,938 -> 1,935 respondents); the article reports nearly 2,000 parents.

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

Size and shape

Respondents	1,935
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	15,440
Tasks per respondent (most)	4
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	5
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

Design

Topic	social identity interpersonal
A profile represents	person
Country	US
Language shown	en
Language of stored levels	en
Randomization restrictions	unknown
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	Which household arrangement would you personally prefer to be in? (paraphrase) [choice, forced]
rating	How FAIR do you think Couple A's/B's situation is? [rating, 1 (Very unfair) to 5 (Very fair)]

Columns

attr_childcareattr_chore_timeattr_husband_feminine_tasksattr_husband_workattr_wife_workchoicecov_agecov_educationcov_employmentcov_gendercov_household_incomecov_modern_sexism_1cov_modern_sexism_2cov_modern_sexism_3cov_modern_sexism_4cov_party_idcov_raceidprofileratingtask

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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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("hutchinson_2023_household_arrangements", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("hutchinson_2023_household_arrangements", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Hutchinson_2022, title={Childcare, Work, and Household Labor During a Pandemic: Evidence on Parents’ Preferences in the United States}, volume={10}, ISSN={2052-2649}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2022.24}, DOI={10.1017/xps.2022.24}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Experimental Political Science}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Hutchinson, Annabelle and Khan, Sarah and Matfess, Hilary}, year={2022}, month=Oct, pages={155–173} }

Version and provenance

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