28,386 rated or chosen profiles from 2,141 respondents, in up to 7 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 4 attributes.

About this table

Description	Candidates in the 2021 Danish municipal elections (n=2,141; 1,939 in the authors' completed-in-time sample) made 7 forced choices between two hypothetical council positions varying in position/influence, remuneration, workload and working environment (respect vs harassment vs sexism).
Reference	Kjøller, F. K., & Pedersen, L. H. (2025). The gendered cost of politics. British Journal of Political Science, 55, e59.
DOI	10.1017/S0007123424000310
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SOLAAJ

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice = "Forestil dig, at du tilbydes følgende to poster som medlem af byrådet. ... Hvilken post vil du vælge?" (Mulighed A/B, forced, no opt-out). Levels are the Danish text shown; the position wording varies with the respondent's municipality type (Borgmester/Rådmand/Udvalgsformand). Simple randomization; position always first, the other three attributes in a per-respondent random order (attrpos_*). 2,141 respondents incl. partial completers; cov_in_authors_sample = the authors' complete-and-on-time filter, 1,939 respondents vs 1,938 in the article.

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	product service
Country	DK
Language shown	da
Language of stored levels	da
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	Forestil dig, at du tilbydes følgende to poster som medlem af byrådet. Sæt dig venligst godt ind i de to poster. Hvilken post vil du vælge? [choice, forced]

Columns

attr_environmentattr_positionattr_remunerationattr_workloadattrpos_environmentattrpos_positionattrpos_remunerationattrpos_workloadchoicecov_birth_yearcov_educationcov_elected_2021cov_gendercov_harassed_1cov_harassed_2cov_harassed_3cov_harassed_4cov_harassed_5cov_harassment_riskcov_in_authors_samplecov_left_rightcov_maritalcov_political_hourscov_survey_statusidprofiletask

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("kjoller_2025_council_positions", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("kjoller_2025_council_positions", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Kj_ller_2025, title={The Gendered Cost of Politics}, volume={55}, ISSN={1469-2112}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000310}, DOI={10.1017/s0007123424000310}, journal={British Journal of Political Science}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Kjøller, Frederik Klaaborg and Pedersen, Lene Holm}, year={2025} }

Respondents	2,141
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	28,386
Tasks per respondent (most)	7
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	4
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

kjoller_2025_council_positions