wvs_usa_abortion.Rd

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\docType{data}
\name{wvs_usa_abortion}
\alias{wvs_usa_abortion}
\title{Attitudes on the Justifiability of Abortion in the United States (World Values Survey, 1982-2011)}
\format{
A data frame with 10387 observations on the following 16 variables.
\describe{
\item{\code{wvsccode}}{the country code for the United States (a numeric constant)}
\item{\code{wave}}{the survey wave}
\item{\code{year}}{the survey year corresponding to the survey wave}
\item{\code{aj}}{the justifiability of abortion on a 1-10 scale (1 = never justifiable; 10 = always justifiable)}
\item{\code{age}}{the age of the respondent in years}
\item{\code{collegeed}}{a dummy variable that equals 1 if the respondent graduated from college}
\item{\code{female}}{a dummy variable that equals 1 if the respondent is a woman}
\item{\code{unemployed}}{a dummy variable that equals 1 if the respondent is unemployed}
\item{\code{ideology}}{the ideological self-placement of the respondent on a 1-10 scale (1 = furthest to the left; 10 = furthest to the right)}
\item{\code{satisfinancial}}{the respondent's financial satisfaction with his/her life (1 = most dissatisfied; 10 = most satisfied)}
\item{\code{postma4}}{the post-materialist index for the respondent (-1 = materialist; 0 = mixed, 1 = post-materialist)}
\item{\code{cai}}{the child autonomy index, which ranges from -2 to 2}
\item{\code{trustmostpeople}}{can most people be trusted (1) or "(you) never can be too careful" (0)}
\item{\code{godimportant}}{the importance of God to the respondent on a 1-10 scale (1 = God is not at all important; 10 = God is most important)}
\item{\code{respectauthority}}{would more respect for authority be a welcome change to the United States?}
\item{\code{nationalpride}}{a dummy that equals 1 if the respondent is very proud to be an American.}
}
}
\usage{
wvs_usa_abortion
}
\description{
A data set on attitudes about the justifiability of abortion in the United States
based on World Values Survey responses recorded across six waves (from 1982
to 2011). I assembled this data frame probably around 2014 and routinely use it
for in-class illustration about regression, post-estimation simulation, quantities of
interest, and how to think about modeling a dependent variable that is on a
1-10 scale, but has curious heaping patterns.
}
\details{
Data come from the World Values Survey. Note that the college education variable
is curiously \code{NA} until the third survey wave. The child autonomy index ranges from
-2 to 2 where increasing values indicate that children should learn determination and
independence over obedience and religious faith. The \code{respectauthority} variable is coded
where -1  means the respondent believes greater respect for authority in the United States
as a future change to the country would be a bad thing. 0 means the respondent doesn't mind
such a change. 1 = the respondent believes it would be a good thing.
}
\keyword{datasets}