Replication code (and supporting data) for Political Studies article: "Why Are Graduates More Socially Liberal?: Estimating the Effect of Higher Education on Political Values Through Variation in University Experience"
For replication script to function, users will need to apply to access and download the following BCS 1970 data from the UKDS and save the appropriate .dta files in the "data" folder.
NB: The geographic data used is special licence access only so requires special permission for use.
Data citation: University College London, UCL Institute of Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. (2023). 1970 British Cohort Study. [data series]. 10th Release. UK Data Service. SN: 200001, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-Series-200001
SN2666: 1970 British Cohort Study: Birth and 22-Month Subsample, 1970-1972
SN2699: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 5, Sweep 2 1975
SN3723: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3, 1980
SN3535: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4, 1986
SN6095: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4 Arithmetic Test, 1986
SN8288: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4 Reading and Matrices Tests, 1986
SN3833: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 26, Sweep 5, 1996
SN5558: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 29, Sweep 6, 1999-2000
SN5641: 1970 British Cohort Study Response Dataset, 1970-2016
SN7473: 1970 British Cohort Study: Age 42, Sweep 9, 2012
SN5537: 1970 British Cohort Study Counties Data, 1980-2012: Special Licence Access
SN8553: Harmonised Childhood Environment and Adult Wellbeing Measures in Three Longitudinal Cohort Studies: 1970 British Cohort Study