24,000 rated or chosen profiles from 1,200 respondents, in up to 10 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 9 attributes.

About this table

Description	Paired conjoint on interstate job offers: 1,200 US adults (YouGov, 2022) compared 10 pairs of hypothetical jobs in another state varying company size and culture, salary, home prices, January temperature, location, the state's 2020 presidential vote and recent state economic and social policies (including abortion bans); outcomes are the job chosen and a 4-point rating of each job.
Reference	Nelson, M. J., & Witko, C. (2025). Abortion bans and interstate migration. Political Research Quarterly.
DOI	10.1177/10659129251394022
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IQRRTJ

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). Ten paired job-offer tasks with nine displayed-text attributes, order randomized per respondent; choice = which job the respondent would take (paraphrase; forced, no opt-out), rating = each job on a 4-point scale stored raw, 1 = favourable end (direction inferred from agreement with the choice; anchors not deposited). YouGov weight in cov_survey_weight; N = 1,200.

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

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	Which of these two jobs would you choose? (paraphrase) [choice, forced]
rating	How likely would you be to accept this job? (paraphrase; direction inferred) [rating, 1 (unknown) to 4 (unknown)]

Columns

attr_companysizeattr_cultureattr_electionattr_homepriceattr_jantempattr_locationattr_salaryattr_stateeconomicattr_statesocialattrpos_companysizeattrpos_cultureattrpos_electionattrpos_homepriceattrpos_jantempattrpos_locationattrpos_salaryattrpos_stateeconomicattrpos_statesocialchoicecov_birth_yearcov_education_codecov_gender_codecov_ideo5_codecov_pid7_codecov_state_codecov_survey_weightcov_willingmove_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_2025_abortion_jobs", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("nelson_2025_abortion_jobs", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Nelson_2025, title={Abortion Bans and Interstate Migration}, volume={79}, ISSN={1938-274X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10659129251394022}, DOI={10.1177/10659129251394022}, number={1}, journal={Political Research Quarterly}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Nelson, Michael J. and Witko, Christopher}, year={2025}, month=Nov, pages={279–294} }

Respondents	1,200
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	24,000
Tasks per respondent (most)	10
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	9
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

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