10,030 rated or chosen profiles from 337 respondents, in up to 15 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 6 attributes.

One of 2 tables from the same source; this one is the students table. The others are listed under Related tables.

About this table

Description	Students at a large US public university (Sept 2019; n=337) compared 15 pairs of hypothetical job offers described by salary, firm size, location type, workplace culture, the state's presidential partisanship and a state democratic-backsliding event; outcomes are a forced choice of offer and a 5-point rating of each.
Reference	Nelson, M. J., & Witko, C. (2022). The economic costs of democratic backsliding? Backsliding and state location preferences of US job seekers. The Journal of Politics, 84(2), 1233-1238.
DOI	10.1086/715601
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YOBUVS

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice is a forced choice between two job offers and rating a 5-point rating of each offer (the authors' recode of the raw Qualtrics codes; higher = more favourable inferred; wording not deposited). Attribute levels are the authors' labels, and the backsliding levels are their code names for statements respondents read. IP addresses, locations and Qualtrics IDs dropped; unanswered tasks omitted.

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	337
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	10,030
Tasks per respondent (most)	15
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	6
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

Design

Topic	labour hiring
A profile represents	product service
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	select which of the two jobs they prefer (paraphrase) [choice, forced]
rating	rate the attractiveness of each job offer on a 5-point scale (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (Not at all attractive) to 5 (Very attractive)]

Columns

attr_backslidingattr_cultureattr_locationattr_salaryattr_sizeattr_state_partisanshipchoicecov_birth_yearcov_party_id7_codeidprofileratingtask

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("nelson_2022_backsliding_students", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("nelson_2022_backsliding_students", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Nelson_2022, title={The Economic Costs of Democratic Backsliding? Backsliding and State Location Preferences of US Job Seekers}, volume={84}, ISSN={1468-2508}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715601}, DOI={10.1086/715601}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, publisher={University of Chicago Press}, author={Nelson, Michael J. and Witko, Christopher}, year={2022}, month=Apr, pages={1233–1238} }

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