italy2006.wide {nopp}

2006 Italian General Election survey

Description

2006 Italian General Election survey - wide format

Usage

data(italy2006.wide)

Format

A data frame with 524 observations on the following 15 variables.

country

country name

id

id of respondent

vote

a factor with levels FI UL AN UDC RC for each party voted

self

self-placement of respondent on a 0 to 10 left-right scale

FI

see Details.

DS

see Details.

AN

see Details.

DL

see Details.

UDC

see Details.

RC

see Details.

pID

see Details.

sex

gender variable 1 = female

age

see Details.

education

see Details.

gov_perf

see Details.

Details

In this survey respondents were asked to indicate which party they voted for in the 2006 Election. The data concerns 5 parties: UL (Ulivo), RC (Communist Refoundation party), FI (Forza Italia), AN (National Alliance) and UDC (Union of Christian Democrats). The dataset is in wide format.

variable from FI to RC identify the placement of those parties, on a 0 to 10 left-right scale, as perceived by the respondent.

pID is a variable that identifies the partisanship of the respondent (where 0=stands for no partyID, 1 = FI partyID, 23 = UL partyID, 3 = AN partyID, 4 = UDC partyID, 6 = RC partyID)

age : 1 = "18-24 years", 2 = "25-34", 3 = "35-44", 4 = "45-54", 5 = "55-64", 6 = "65 +"

education : 0 = "up to primary school", 1 = "incomplete secondary", 2 = "secondary completed", 3 = "post-secondary trade", 4 = "university undergraduate degree inc", 5 = "university undergraduate degree comp"

gov_perf : 1 = "very good job", 2 = "good job", 3 = "bad job", 4 = "very bad job"

Source

CSES - Comparative Study of Electoral Systems: https://cses.org/).

Examples

data(italy2006.wide)
head(italy2006.wide)
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