setwd('C:/Users/Denis/Documents/RStudio')
spain_data <- read.fst("spain_data.fst")

spain_data <- spain_data %>%
  mutate(
    ppltrst = ifelse(ppltrst %in% c(77, 88, 99), NA, ppltrst), # set values 77, 88, and 99 to NA.
  )

table(spain_data$ppltrst)
## 
##    0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10 
##  932  568 1399 2083 1907 4682 2756 2802 1699  287  254
spain_data$year <- NA
replacements <- c(2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
for(i in 1:10){
  spain_data$year[spain_data$essround == i] <- replacements[i]
}

table(spain_data$year)
## 
## 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 
## 1729 1663 1876 2576 1885 1889 1925 1958 1668 2283
trust_by_year <- spain_data %>%
  group_by(year) %>%
  summarize(mean_trust = mean(ppltrst, na.rm = TRUE))
trust_by_year
## # A tibble: 10 × 2
##     year mean_trust
##    <dbl>      <dbl>
##  1  2002       4.86
##  2  2004       4.89
##  3  2006       5.12
##  4  2008       4.90
##  5  2010       5.14
##  6  2012       5.13
##  7  2014       4.83
##  8  2016       4.97
##  9  2018       5.09
## 10  2020       4.50
ggplot(trust_by_year, aes(x = year, y = mean_trust)) +
  geom_line(color = "blue", size = 1) +  # Line to show the trend
  geom_point(color = "red", size = 3) +  # Points to highlight each year's value
  labs(title = "Trust in Parliament in Spain (2002-2020)", 
       x = "Survey Year", 
       y = "Average Trust (0-10 scale)") +
  ylim(0, 10) +  # Setting the y-axis limits from 0 to 10
  theme_minimal()
## Warning: Using `size` aesthetic for lines was deprecated in ggplot2 3.4.0.
## ℹ Please use `linewidth` instead.
## This warning is displayed once every 8 hours.
## Call `lifecycle::last_lifecycle_warnings()` to see where this warning was
## generated.

ggplot(trust_by_year, aes(x = year, y = mean_trust)) +
  geom_line(aes(group = 1), color = "blue", size = 1, linetype = "longdash") +  # Dashed line for the trend
#  geom_point(aes(color = mean_trust), size = 3) +  # if you want to try alternative + strive to keep improving
#  scale_color_viridis(option = "D", end = 0.9, direction = -1) +  # try the alternative, and try to keep improving
  labs(title = "Trust in Parliament in Spain (2002-2020)", 
       x = "Survey Year", 
       y = "Average Trust (0-10 scale)") +
  ylim(4, 5.5) +  # change the numbers to truncate more or less or keep the full 0 to 10 scale
  theme_minimal() +  # Minimal theme for a clean look
  theme(legend.position = "none")  # Remove the legend

Task 1: The main takeaway based on this visual is that the mean is mostly stable, peaking in 2010 and reaching minimum value in 2020.The average trust fluctuates through the entire dataset.

Task 2: The first main takeaway was that the population that felt close to a political decreased significantly after 1960. In Norway, this statistic is always higher than France and for Italy, it is always lower. The second takeaway is that political orientation in France between Rural and Urban areas was that rural areas were almost equally divided on left vs right and Urban areas were more left-leaning.

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italy_data <- read.fst("italy_data.fst")

italy_data <- italy_data %>%
  mutate(
    gndr = case_when(
      gndr == 1 ~ "Male",
      gndr == 2 ~ "Female",
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Set anything that is not 1 or 2 to NA
    ),
    lrscale = case_when(
      lrscale %in% 0:3 ~ "Left",       # Left-wing (0 to 3)
      lrscale %in% 7:10 ~ "Right",     # Right-wing (7 to 10)
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Moderate (4, 5, 6) and special codes (77, 88, 99) set to NA 
    )    
  ) 

lrscale_percentages <- italy_data %>%  # Begin with the dataset 'italy_data'
  filter(!is.na(lrscale), !is.na(gndr)) %>%  # Filter out rows where 'lrscale' or 'gender' is NA (missing data)
  group_by(gndr, lrscale) %>%  # Group the data by 'gender' and 'lrscale' categories
  summarise(count = n(), .groups = 'drop') %>%  # Summarise each group to get counts, and then drop groupings
  mutate(percentage = count / sum(count) * 100)  # Calculate percentage for each group by dividing count by total count and multiplying by 100

lrscale_percentages  # The resulting dataframe
## # A tibble: 4 × 4
##   gndr   lrscale count percentage
##   <chr>  <chr>   <int>      <dbl>
## 1 Female Left      930       23.9
## 2 Female Right     955       24.5
## 3 Male   Left      924       23.7
## 4 Male   Right    1084       27.8

Task 3: Marginal Percentage of Men who feel close to a political party in Italy is 23.7% left-leaning and 27.8% right-leaning.

sweden_data <- read.fst("sweden_data.fst")

sweden_data <- sweden_data %>%
  mutate(
    gndr = case_when(
      gndr == 1 ~ "Male",
      gndr == 2 ~ "Female",
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Set anything that is not 1 or 2 to NA
    ),
    lrscale = case_when(
      lrscale %in% 0:3 ~ "Left",       # Left-wing (0 to 3)
      lrscale %in% 7:10 ~ "Right",     # Right-wing (7 to 10)
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Moderate (4, 5, 6) and special codes (77, 88, 99) set to NA 
    )    
  ) 

lrscale_percentages <- sweden_data %>%  # Begin with the dataset 'sweden_data'
  filter(!is.na(lrscale), !is.na(gndr)) %>%  # Filter out rows where 'lrscale' or 'gender' is NA (missing data)
  group_by(gndr, lrscale) %>%  # Group the data by 'gender' and 'lrscale' categories
  summarise(count = n(), .groups = 'drop') %>%  # Summarise each group to get counts, and then drop groupings
  mutate(percentage = count / sum(count) * 100)  # Calculate percentage for each group by dividing count by total count and multiplying by 100

lrscale_percentages  # The resulting dataframe
## # A tibble: 4 × 4
##   gndr   lrscale count percentage
##   <chr>  <chr>   <int>      <dbl>
## 1 Female Left     2296       23.0
## 2 Female Right    2530       25.3
## 3 Male   Left     2062       20.6
## 4 Male   Right    3107       31.1
lrscale_plot <- ggplot(lrscale_percentages, aes(x = lrscale, y = percentage, fill = lrscale)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = position_dodge()) +  # Dodged bar chart
  facet_wrap(~ gndr, scales = "fixed") +  # Fixed scales for y-axis across facets
  scale_fill_brewer(palette = "Set1") +  # Distinct colors for Left and Right
  labs(
    title = "Political Orientation (Left vs. Right) by Gender in France",
    x = "Political Orientation",
    y = "Percentage of Respondents",
    fill = "Orientation"
  ) +
  theme_minimal() +  # Minimal theme for clarity
  theme(legend.position = "bottom")  # Legend at the bottom

# Display the ggplot object
lrscale_plot

# Create a ggplot object for horizontal bar chart with the specified style
lrscale_plot_v2 <- ggplot(lrscale_percentages, 
            aes(x = percentage,  # Use percentage directly
                y = reorder(gndr, -percentage),  # Order bars within each gender
                fill = gndr)) +  # Fill color based on Gender

  # Create horizontal bar chart
  geom_col() +  # Draws the bars using the provided data
  coord_flip() +  # Flip coordinates to make bars horizontal

  # Remove fill color legend
  guides(fill = "none") +  # Removes legend for the fill aesthetic

  # Split the plot based on Political Orientation
  facet_wrap(~ lrscale, nrow = 1) +  # Separate plots for Left/Right

  # Labels and titles for the plot
  labs(x = "Percentage of Respondents",  # X-axis label
       y = NULL,  # Remove Y-axis label
       title = "Political Orientation by Gender",  # Main title
       subtitle = "Comparing the percentage distribution of left vs. right for Sweden (2002-2020)") +  # Subtitle

  # Adjust visual properties of the plot
  theme(plot.title = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold"),  # Format title
        plot.subtitle = element_text(size = 12),  # Format subtitle
        axis.title.y = element_blank(),  # Remove Y-axis title
        legend.position = "bottom")  # Position the legend at the bottom

# Display the ggplot object
lrscale_plot_v2

hungary_data <- read.fst("hungary_data.fst")

hungary_data <- hungary_data %>%
  mutate(
    gndr = case_when(
      gndr == 1 ~ "Male",
      gndr == 2 ~ "Female",
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Set anything that is not 1 or 2 to NA
    ),
    lrscale = case_when(
      lrscale %in% 0:3 ~ "Left",       # Left-wing (0 to 3)
      lrscale %in% 7:10 ~ "Right",     # Right-wing (7 to 10)
      TRUE ~ NA_character_  # Moderate (4, 5, 6) and special codes (77, 88, 99) set to NA 
    )    
  ) 

# Recode clsprty and geo variables, removing NAs
hungary_data <- hungary_data %>%
  mutate(
    geo = recode(as.character(domicil), 
                 '1' = "Urban", 
                 '2' = "Urban",
                 '3' = "Rural", 
                 '4' = "Rural", 
                 '5' = "Rural",
                 '7' = NA_character_,
                 '8' = NA_character_,
                 '9' = NA_character_)
  ) %>%
  filter(!is.na(lrscale), !is.na(geo))  # Removing rows with NA in clsprty or geo

cond <- hungary_data %>%
  count(lrscale, geo) %>%
  group_by(geo) %>%
  mutate(prob = n / sum(n))

cond
## # A tibble: 4 × 4
## # Groups:   geo [2]
##   lrscale geo       n  prob
##   <chr>   <chr> <int> <dbl>
## 1 Left    Rural  1653 0.349
## 2 Left    Urban   893 0.408
## 3 Right   Rural  3087 0.651
## 4 Right   Urban  1297 0.592
# Plot conditional probabilities
plot <- ggplot(cond, aes(x = lrscale, y = prob, fill = lrscale)) + 
  geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = "dodge") + 
  scale_fill_viridis_d(name = "Political Orientation") + 
  labs(y = "Conditional Probability", 
       x = "Feels Close to a Party",
       title = "Conditional Probability of Political Orientation in Hungary", 
       subtitle = "by Geographical Area: Urban vs. Rural") + 
  facet_wrap(~ geo, nrow = 1) + 
  theme(legend.position = "bottom", 
        legend.title = element_blank(), 
        plot.title = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold"),
        plot.subtitle = element_text(size = 12), 
        axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, hjust = 1)) 

# Display the plot
plot

Task 5: The conditional probability of not feeling close to a political party in rural Hungary is about 21%.

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##  Min.   : 4.0   Min.   :  2.00  
##  1st Qu.:12.0   1st Qu.: 26.00  
##  Median :15.0   Median : 36.00  
##  Mean   :15.4   Mean   : 42.98  
##  3rd Qu.:19.0   3rd Qu.: 56.00  
##  Max.   :25.0   Max.   :120.00

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