nes_econ2008 {hIRT}R Documentation

Public Attitudes on Economic Issues in ANES 2008

Description

A dataset containing gender, party ID, education, and responses to 10 survey items on economic issues from the American National Election Studies, 2008.

Usage

nes_econ2008

Format

A data frame with 2268 rows and 13 variables:

gender

gender. 1: male; 2: female

party

party identification: Democrat, independent, or Republican

educ

education. 1: high school or less; 2: some college or above

health_ins7

Support for government or private health insurance, 7 categories

jobs_guar7

Support for government guarantee jobs and income, 7 categories

gov_services7

Should government reduce or increase spending on services?, 7 categories

FS_poor3

Federal spending on the poor, 3 categories

FS_childcare3

Federal spending on child care, 3 categories

FS_crime3

Federal spending on crime, 3 categories

FS_publicschools3

Federal spending on public schools, 3 categories

FS_welfare3

Federal spending on welfare, 3 categories

FS_envir3

Federal spending on environment, 3 categories

FS_socsec3

Federal spending on Social Security, 3 categories


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