Data used for the paper "Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment" by Gerber, Green, and Larimer (2008).

social

Format

A tibble with variables:

outcome_voted

Response variable: Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the August 2006 primary

treat_neighbors

Treatment: Indicator variable where =1 indicates Neighbors mailing treatment Covariates

sex

Indicator variable where =1 indicates male

yob

Year of birth

g2000

Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the 2000 general

g2002

Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the 2002 general

p2000

Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the 2000 primary

p2002

Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the 2002 primary

p2004

Indicator variable where =1 indicates voted in the 2004 primary

city

City index

hh_size

Household size

totalpopulation_estimate

Estimate of city population

percent_male

Percentage males in household

median_age

Median age in household

median_income

Median income in household

percent_62yearsandover

Percentage of subjects of age higher than 62 yo

percent_white

Percentage white in household

percent_black

Percentage black in household

percent_asian

Percentage asian in household

percent_hispanicorlatino

Percentage hispanic or latino in household

employ_20to64

Percentage of employed subjects of age 20 to 64 yo

highschool

Percentage having only high school degree

bach_orhigher

Percentage having bachelor degree or higher

Source

https://github.com/gsbDBI/ExperimentData/tree/master/Social