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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.
[Package
MCMCpack version 0.7-4
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