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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Selection of individual-level survey data for freedom of speech.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(free1)

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     A table with 150 observations and 12 variables.  .in +3

_s_e_x 1 for men and 0 for women

_a_g_e Age of respondent in years

_e_d_u_c Levels of education, coded as a numeric variable with

   _1 No formal education

   _2 Less than primary school education

   _3 Completed primary school

   _4 Completed secondary school

   _5 Completed high school

   _6 Completed college

   _7 Completed post-graduate degree


_c_o_u_n_t_r_y Character strings consisting of "Oceana", "Eurasia", and
     "Eastasia", after Orwell's _1984_.

_y Self assessment (see below).

_v_1-_v_6 Response to vignettes (see below).

  Survey respondents were asked in almost the same language for a
  self-assessment and for an assessment of several hypothetical persons
  described by written vignettes.  The self assessment ('self', in the
  data set), "How free do you think [name/you] [is/are] to express
  [him-her/your]self without fear of government reprisal?" was first
  asked of the survey respondent with respect to him or herself, and
  then after each of vignette.  The possible response categories are:  
  .in +3

_1 Completely free

_2 Very free

_3 Moderately free

_4 Slightly free

_5 Not free at all

The vignettes, ordered from most free to least free, are:

_v_i_g_n_1 [Kay] does not like many of the government's policies. She
  frequently publishes her opinion in newspapers, criticizing decisions
  by officials and calling for change. She sees little reason these
  actions could lead to government reprisal.

_v_i_g_n_2 [Michael] disagrees with many of the government's policies.
  Though he knows criticism is frowned upon, he doesn't believe the
  government would punish someone for expressing critical views. He
  makes his opinion known on most issues without regard to who is
  listening.

_v_i_g_n_3 [Bob] has political views at odds with the government. He has
  heard of people occasionally being arrested for speaking out against
  the government, and government leaders sometimes make political
  speeches condemning those who criticize. He sometimes writes letters
  to newspapers about politics, but he is careful not to use his real
  name.

_v_i_g_n_4 [Connie] does not like the government's stance on many issues.
  She has a friend who was arrested for being too openly critical of
  governmental leaders, and so she avoids voicing her opinions in
  public places.

_v_i_g_n_5 [Vito] disagrees with many of the government's policies, and is
  very careful about whom he says this to, reserving his real opinions
  for family and close friends only. He knows several men who have been
  taken away by government officials for saying negative things in
  public.

_v_i_g_n_6 [Sonny] lives in fear of being harassed for his political views.
  Everyone he knows who has spoken out against the government has been
  arrested or taken away. He never says a word about anything the
  government does, not even when he is at home alone with his family. 

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     _WHO's World Health Survey_ by Lydia Bendib, Somnath Chatterji,
     Alena Petrakova, Ritu Sadana, Joshua A. Salomon, Margie Schneider,
     Bedirhan Ustun, Maria Villanueva

     Jonathan Wand, Gary King and Olivia Lau. (2007) ``Anchors:
     Software for Anchoring Vignettes''. _Journal of Statistical
     Software_.  Forthcoming. copy at
     http://wand.stanford.edu/research/anchors-jss.pdf

     Gary King and Jonathan Wand.  "Comparing Incomparable Survey
     Responses: New Tools for Anchoring Vignettes," Political Analysis,
     15, 1 (Winter, 2007): Pp. 46-66, copy at
     http://gking.harvard.edu/files/abs/c-abs.shtml.

