Voting Intentions in the 1988 Chilean Plebiscite — chile_plebiscite

This dataset, chile_plebiscite_df, is a data frame containing information on voting intentions in the 1988 Chilean plebiscite. The data were collected from a national survey conducted by FLACSO/Chile during April and May of 1988. The dataset consists of 2,700 observations and 8 variables, including demographic details such as region, sex, age, education, and income, as well as voting preferences and support for the status quo. Some observations contain missing values.

Usage

data(chile_plebiscite_df)

Format

A data frame with 2,700 observations and 8 variables:

region: Region of the respondent (factor with 5 levels: "C", "M", "N", "S", ...)
population: Population size of the respondent's area (integer)
sex: Sex of the respondent (factor: "F", "M")
age: Age in years (integer)
education: Education level (factor with 3 levels: "P", "PS", "S")
income: Income of the respondent (integer)
statusquo: Support for the status quo (numeric scale)
vote: Intended vote (factor with 4 levels)

Source

Data taken from the carData package version 3.0-5

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'chile_plebiscite_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the ChileDataAPI package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.