7,209 rated or chosen profiles from 7,209 respondents, in up to 1 tasks of 1 profile varying on 2 attributes.
| Description | 7,209 Japanese local council members each read one vignette about a hypothetical potential successor whose gender (man/woman) and age (32/65) were randomized, and rated their willingness to nominate the person, their supporters' likely acceptance, and the person's electability (each 1-4). |
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| Reference | Nukui, H., Miwa, H., & Ono, Y. (2025). Preferences for female successors: Evidence from a survey experiment among Japanese local politicians. Electoral Studies, 96, 102956. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102956 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6TRWIQ |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 7,209 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 7,209 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 1 |
| Profiles per task | 1 |
| Attributes | 2 |
| Topic | candidate choice |
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| A profile represents | person |
| Country | JP |
| Language shown | ja |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | unknown |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| rating | If you were thinking of retiring from your position as a local council member and were looking for a successor, would you be willing to nominate this person as your successor? Please select one option that applies. (If you feel that neither option fully applies, please choose the one that you feel is closest.) (translated) [rating, 1 (I would be unwilling to appoint them.) to 4 (I would be willing to appoint them.)] |
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| rating_electability | If this person were to become your successor, do you think this person would be able to obtain enough support to get elected from the local constituencies? Please select one option that applies. (If you feel that neither option fully applies, please choose the one that you feel is closest.) (translated) [rating, 1 (I think they would not gain the necessary support to win.) to 4 (I think they would gain the necessary support to win.)] |
| rating_support | If this person were to become your successor, how satisfied do you think your supporters and local support base would be? Please select one option that applies. (If you feel that neither option fully applies, please choose the one that you feel is closest.) (translated) [rating, 1 (I think they would not accept it.) to 4 (I think they would accept it.)] |
attr_ageattr_gendercov_age_groupcov_blockcov_designatedcov_did_codecov_gendercov_magnitude_codecov_municipalitycov_tenureidprofileratingrating_electabilityrating_supporttask
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("nukui_2025_female_successors", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("nukui_2025_female_successors", source="conj")
@article{Nukui_2025, title={Preferences for female successors: Evidence from a survey experiment among Japanese local politicians}, volume={96}, ISSN={0261-3794}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102956}, DOI={10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102956}, journal={Electoral Studies}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Nukui, Hikaru and Miwa, Hirofumi and Ono, Yoshikuni}, year={2025}, month=Aug, pages={102956} }
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint_2 v1.4 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/hk97-wv30 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v1.4 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |