Nethvote {MCMCpack}R Documentation

Dutch Voting Behavior in 1989

Description

Dutch Voting Behavior in 1989.

Usage

data(Nethvote)

Format

A data frame with 1754 observations and 11 variables from the 1989 Dutch Parliamentary Election Study (Anker and Oppenhuis, 1993). Each observation is a survey respondent. These data are a subset of one of five multiply imputed datasets used in Quinn and Martin (2002). For more information see Quinn and Martin (2002).

vote
A factor giving the self-reported vote choice of each respondent. The levels are CDA (Christen Democratisch Appel), D66 (Democraten 66), Pvda (Partij van de Arbeid), and VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie).
distD66
A numeric variable giving the squared ideological distance between the respondent and the D66. Larger values indicate ideological dissimilarity between the respondent and the party.
distPvdA
A numeric variable giving the squared ideological distance between the respondent and the PvdA. Larger values indicate ideological dissimilarity between the respondent and the party.
distVVD
A numeric variable giving the squared ideological distance between the respondent and the VVD. Larger values indicate ideological dissimilarity between the respondent and the party.
distCDA
A numeric variable giving the squared ideological distance between the respondent and the CDA. Larger values indicate ideological dissimilarity between the respondent and the party.
relig
An indicator variable equal to 0 if the respondent is not religious and 1 if the respondent is religious.
class
Social class of respondent. 0 is the lowest social class, 4 is the highest social class.
income
Income of respondent. 0 is lowest and 6 is highest.
educ
Education of respondent. 0 is lowest and 4 is highest.
age
Age category of respondent. 0 is lowest and 12 is highest.
urban
Indicator variable equal to 0 if the respondent is not a resident of an urban area and 1 if the respondent is a resident of an urban area.

Source

H. Anker and E.V. Oppenhuis. 1993. ``Dutch Parliamentary Election Study.'' (computer file). Dutch Electoral Research Foundation and Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics, Amsterdam.

References

K.M. Quinn and A.M. Martin. 2002. ``An Integrated Computational Model of Multiparty Electoral Competition.'' Statistical Science. 17: 405-419.


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