16,544 rated or chosen profiles from 1,034 respondents, in up to 8 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 5 attributes.

About this table

Description	Danish adults (Epinion omnibus, n = 1,034, Oct-Nov 2024) chose between two fictitious candidates for their own party in 8 tasks, varying gender, age, country of origin, education and political experience; half first read the intelligence service's assessment that the terrorist threat is significant (trial_terror_threat).
Reference	Littmann, B., Nielsen, N. N. J., & Laustsen, L. (2026). Terrorist threat decreases citizens' relative preferences for women candidates: Insights from a Danish conjoint experiment. European Journal of Political Research.
DOI	10.1017/S1475676526101649
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F7WN3A

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice: which of two candidates the respondent would prefer as the leading candidate for their party in the upcoming parliamentary election (article's English; forced, no opt-out). Half the respondents first read that the terrorist threat to Denmark is significant (trial_terror_threat = Yes). Origin and education levels were weighted to match Danish candidates (Danmark ~79% of profiles). Source respondent IDs re-keyed.

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	1,034
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	16,544
Tasks per respondent (most)	8
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	5
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

Design

Topic	candidate choice
A profile represents	person
Country	DK
Language shown	da
Language of stored levels	da
Randomization restrictions	unknown
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	Which of the two candidates would you prefer as the leading candidate for your party in the upcoming parliamentary election? (translated) [choice, forced]

Columns

attr_ageattr_educationattr_genderattr_originattr_political_experiencechoicecov_agecov_age_groupcov_educationcov_gendercov_regioncov_vote_intentioncov_vote_lastidprofiletasktrial_terror_threat

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("littmann_2026_terror_women_candidates", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("littmann_2026_terror_women_candidates", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Littmann_2026, title={Terrorist threat decreases citizens’ relative preferences for women candidates: Insights from a Danish conjoint experiment}, ISSN={1475-6765}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1475676526101649}, DOI={10.1017/s1475676526101649}, journal={European Journal of Political Research}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Littmann, Brian and Nielsen, Nadia Natasha James and Laustsen, Lasse}, year={2026}, month=Sept, pages={1–14} }

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