12,516 rated or chosen profiles from 1,043 respondents, in up to 6 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 6 attributes.
| Description | Paired candidate conjoint (Study 2): 1,043 US adults (Qualtrics panels, May 2017; Black, Latinx and white respondents oversampled to about one third each) saw 6 pairs of potential congressional candidates varying race, gender, policy priority, party, ideology and parental status; outcomes are vote choice with an 'I would not vote' option, which candidate addresses the respondent's concerns, and 1-4 ratings of likelihood of contacting, likelihood of donating and trustworthiness. |
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| Reference | Joo, M., Lemi, D. C., Merolla, J. L., & Sellers, A. H. (2026). Only for some women: Experimental evidence on descriptive representation and political engagement. Political Behavior. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11109-026-10139-6 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HKRUXU |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 1,043 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 12,516 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 6 |
| Profiles per task | 2 |
| Attributes | 6 |
| Tasks with no profile chosen | 1,056 |
| Topic | candidate choice |
|---|---|
| A profile represents | person |
| Country | US |
| Language shown | en |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| choice | Select a candidate for whom you would vote (options include 'I would not vote') (paraphrase) [choice, opt-out allowed] |
|---|---|
| choice_concerns | Which candidate addresses your concerns? (paraphrase) [choice, forced] |
| rating_contact | How likely would you be to contact this candidate to express your views? (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (unknown) to 4 (unknown)] |
| rating_donate | How likely would you be to donate to this candidate? (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (unknown) to 4 (unknown)] |
| rating_trust | How trustworthy is this candidate? (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (unknown) to 4 (unknown)] |
attr_genderattr_ideologyattr_parental_statusattr_partyattr_policy_priorityattr_racechoicechoice_concernscov_agecov_blackcov_democratcov_education_codecov_gendercov_ideologycov_income_codecov_independentcov_latinocov_nativitycov_republicancov_whiteidprofilerating_contactrating_donaterating_trusttask
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("joo_2026_descriptive_rep", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("joo_2026_descriptive_rep", source="conj")
@article{Joo_2026, title={Only for Some Women: Experimental Evidence on Descriptive Representation and Political Engagement}, ISSN={1573-6687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11109-026-10139-6}, DOI={10.1007/s11109-026-10139-6}, journal={Political Behavior}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Joo, Minhye and Lemi, Danielle Casarez and Merolla, Jennifer L. and Sellers, Abbylin H.}, year={2026}, month=Apr }
| 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 |