Initial set-up

# List of packages
packages <- c("tidyverse", "infer", "fst", "modelsummary", "effects", "survey", "performance", "flextable", "broom", "scales", "ggeffects", "marginaleffects") # add any you need here

# Install packages if they aren't installed already
new_packages <- packages[!(packages %in% installed.packages()[,"Package"])]
if(length(new_packages)) install.packages(new_packages)

# Load the packages
lapply(packages, library, character.only = TRUE)
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Loading dataset

ess <- read_fst("All-ESS-Data.fst")
spain_data <- ess %>%
  filter(cntry == "ES")
spain_data$weight <- spain_data$dweight * spain_data$pweight
survey_design <- svydesign(ids = ~1, data = spain_data, weights = ~weight)
spain_data <- spain_data %>%
  mutate(protest = case_when(
    pbldmn == 1 ~ 1,    # Yes to 1
    pbldmn == 2 ~ 0,    # No to 0
    TRUE ~ NA_real_    # Everything else to NA
  ))
spain_data <- spain_data %>% filter(!is.na(protest))

Spain by itself

df <- spain_data
df$year <- NA
replacements <- c(2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
for(i in 1:10){
  df$year[df$essround == i] <- replacements[i]
}

protest_avg <- df %>%
  group_by(year) %>%
  summarize(protest_avg = mean(protest, na.rm = TRUE))

protest_plot_SE <- ggplot(protest_avg, aes(x = year, y = protest_avg)) +
  geom_point(aes(size = protest_avg, color = protest_avg), alpha = 0.7) + 
  geom_line(aes(group = 1), color = "blue", linetype = "dashed") +  
  labs(
       x = "Survey Year",
       y = "Pr(Protest)") +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(legend.position = "none")

print(protest_plot_SE)

spain_data <- spain_data %>%
  # Recoding for feeling about household's income
  mutate(feelincome = case_when(
    hincfel == 1 ~ "comfortable",  # Living comfortably to "comfortable"
    hincfel %in% 2:4 ~ "difficult", # Other categories to "difficult"
    TRUE ~ NA_character_            # Everything else to NA
  )) %>%
  # Recoding age, adding age group, and cohort with generational cohorts
  mutate(
    age = ifelse(agea == 999, NA, agea),
    adulthood = ifelse(age >= 18 & age <= 30, "Early", ifelse(age >= 31, "Later", NA)),
    cohort = ifelse(yrbrn < 1930 | yrbrn > 2000, NA, yrbrn),
    gen = case_when(
      yrbrn %in% 1900:1945 ~ "Interwar",
      yrbrn %in% 1946:1964 ~ "Baby Boomers",
      yrbrn %in% 1965:1979 ~ "Gen X",
      yrbrn %in% 1980:1996 ~ "Millennials",
      TRUE ~ as.character(cohort)
    ),
    gen = factor(gen, levels = c("Interwar", "Baby Boomers", "Gen X", "Millennials"))
  ) %>%
  # Recoding political ID and education
  mutate(
    polID = case_when(
      lrscale %in% 0:3 ~ "Left",                    
      lrscale %in% 7:10 ~ "Right",                     
      lrscale %in% 4:6 ~ "Moderate",                  
      lrscale %in% c(77, 88, 99) ~ NA_character_      
    ),
    educ.ba = case_when(
      essround < 5 & edulvla == 5 ~ "BA or more",
      essround >= 5 & edulvlb > 600 ~ "BA or more",
      TRUE ~ "No BA"
    ),
    edulvla = ifelse(edulvla %in% c(77, 88, 99), NA_integer_, edulvla),
    edulvlb = ifelse(edulvlb %in% c(5555, 7777, 8888), NA_integer_, edulvlb),
    educ.ba = factor(educ.ba, levels = c("No BA", "BA or more"))
  )
# Setting values greater than 10 to NA
spain_data$trstplt <- ifelse(spain_data$trstplt > 10, NA, spain_data$trstplt)
spain_data$trstprl <- ifelse(spain_data$trstprl > 10, NA, spain_data$trstprl)
spain_data$trstprt <- ifelse(spain_data$trstprt > 10, NA, spain_data$trstprt)

# Creating and rescaling the trust variable
spain_data$trust <- scales::rescale(spain_data$trstplt + spain_data$trstprl + spain_data$trstprt, na.rm = TRUE, to = c(0, 100))

# Here's how you would "flip it" because populist is conceived by N + I as 'anti-trust'
# As Schafer explains there are some issues with that conceptualization, but N + I is also widely applied
spain_data$populist <- scales::rescale(spain_data$trust, na.rm = TRUE, to=c(100,0))

table(df$educ.ba)
## < table of extent 0 >
 table(spain_data$populist)
## 
##                0 3.33333333333333 6.66666666666667               10 
##               20                2                9               18 
## 13.3333333333333 16.6666666666667               20 23.3333333333333 
##               35               41              123               96 
## 26.6666666666667               30 33.3333333333333 36.6666666666667 
##              134              203              266              376 
##               40 43.3333333333333 46.6666666666667               50 
##              481              554              615             1017 
## 53.3333333333333 56.6666666666667               60 63.3333333333333 
##              634              757              660              765 
## 66.6666666666667               70 73.3333333333333 76.6666666666667 
##              730              742              595              698 
##               80 83.3333333333333 86.6666666666667               90 
##              592              827              601              612 
## 93.3333333333333 96.6666666666667              100 
##              474              298             1448
spaindf <- spain_data %>%
  dplyr::select(protest, feelincome, adulthood, gen, populist, polID, educ.ba, weight)

# Check the first few rows to verify the selection
spaindf <- na.omit(spaindf)
head(spaindf)
##      protest  feelincome adulthood          gen populist    polID educ.ba
## 1708       0   difficult     Later Baby Boomers 83.33333 Moderate   No BA
## 1709       0   difficult     Later Baby Boomers 90.00000     Left   No BA
## 1710       1 comfortable     Later        Gen X 70.00000 Moderate   No BA
## 1711       0   difficult     Later     Interwar 23.33333    Right   No BA
## 1712       0 comfortable     Later Baby Boomers 33.33333    Right   No BA
## 1713       1   difficult     Later        Gen X 36.66667     Left   No BA
##        weight
## 1708 1.415770
## 1709 1.500677
## 1710 1.500677
## 1711 2.377397
## 1712 2.377397
## 1713 2.377397
model1 <- glm(protest ~ feelincome + populist, family = binomial, data = spaindf, weights = round(weight))
model2 <- glm(protest ~ polID + adulthood, family = binomial, data = spaindf, weights = round(weight))
model3 <- glm(protest ~ gen + educ.ba, family = binomial, data = spaindf, weights = round(weight))
modelsummary(
  list(model1, model2, model3),
  fmt = 1,
  estimate  = c( "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}"),
  statistic = NULL,
  coef_omit = "Intercept")
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feelincomedifficult −0.3 (0.0)***
populist 0.0 (0.0)
polIDModerate −0.9 (0.0)***
polIDRight −1.3 (0.1)***
adulthoodLater −0.3 (0.0)***
genBaby Boomers 1.0 (0.1)***
genGen X 0.8 (0.1)***
genMillennials 1.0 (0.1)***
educ.baBA or more 0.7 (0.0)***
Num.Obs. 12048 12048 12048
AIC 26139.4 25101.0 25371.6
BIC 26161.6 25130.6 25408.6
Log.Lik. −13066.687 −12546.498 −12680.789
RMSE 0.42 0.41 0.42

Descriptive table

spain_data <- spain_data %>%
  mutate(
    protest = protest,
    ideology = case_when(
      lrscale > 10 ~ NA_real_,     # Set values above 10 to NA
      TRUE ~ lrscale               # Keep other values as is
    ),
    age = case_when(
      agea > 100 ~ NA_real_,       # Set values above 100 to NA
      agea < 15 ~ NA_real_,        # Set values below 15 to NA
      TRUE ~ agea                  # Keep other values as is
    )
  )
df <- spain_data
df <- df %>% filter(!is.na(ideology))
df <- df %>% filter(!is.na(age))

table1b <- datasummary_skim(df  %>% dplyr::select(protest, ideology, age), title = "Table 1. Descriptive statistics for main variables", output = "flextable")
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table1b
Table 1. Descriptive statistics for main variables

Unique (#)

Missing (%)

Mean

SD

Min

Median

Max

protest

2

0

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.0

1.0

ideology

11

0

4.5

2.1

0.0

5.0

10.0

age

84

0

47.2

18.3

15.0

46.0

99.0

df <- df %>%
  mutate(
    protest = case_when(
    protest == 1 ~ "Yes",    # 1 to 'Yes'
    protest == 0 ~ "No",     # 0 to 'No'
    TRUE ~ NA_character_ ),    # Keep NA values as is, but ensure character type
    ideology = case_when(
      lrscale >= 0 & lrscale <= 2 ~ "Extreme Left",
      lrscale > 2 & lrscale <= 4 ~ "Moderate Left",
      lrscale == 5 ~ "Centrist",
      lrscale >= 6 & lrscale <= 8 ~ "Moderate Right",
      lrscale >= 9 & lrscale <= 10 ~ "Extreme Right",
      TRUE ~ NA_character_ # For any cases that do not match above conditions
    ),
    age = ifelse(agea == 999, NA, agea), # Replace 999 with NA in age
    adulthood = case_when(
      age >= 18 & age <= 30 ~ "Early",
      age >= 31 ~ "Later",
      TRUE ~ NA_character_ # For ages outside the specified ranges or NA
    )
  )

table(df$protest)
## 
##    No   Yes 
## 11331  3354
table(df$ideology)
## 
##       Centrist   Extreme Left  Extreme Right  Moderate Left Moderate Right 
##           4560           2370            499           4162           3094
table(df$adulthood)
## 
## Early Later 
##  2760 11570

Hypothesis testing with infer

Step 1

test_stat <- df %>%
  specify(explanatory = protest, # change variable name for explanatory variable
          response = ideology) %>% # change variable name for outcome of interest
  hypothesize(null = "independence") %>%
  calculate(stat = "Chisq") 
print(test_stat$stat)
## X-squared 
##  786.4693

The Chi-squared test of independence is suitable for my data because it allows me to determine if there is a relationship between if people protest and their ideological affiliations, which are both categorical variables.

Step 2

null_dist <- df %>%
  specify(response = protest, explanatory = ideology) %>%
  hypothesize(null = "independence") %>%
  generate(reps = 1000, type = "permute") %>%
  calculate(stat = "Chisq")

null_dist
## Response: protest (factor)
## Explanatory: ideology (factor)
## Null Hypothesis: independence
## # A tibble: 1,000 × 2
##    replicate   stat
##        <int>  <dbl>
##  1         1  9.74 
##  2         2  3.80 
##  3         3  2.86 
##  4         4  6.12 
##  5         5  1.34 
##  6         6  5.40 
##  7         7  0.814
##  8         8  5.60 
##  9         9 13.8  
## 10        10  2.95 
## # ℹ 990 more rows

Step 3

p_val <- null_dist %>% # 
  get_pvalue(obs_stat = test_stat, direction = "greater")
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p_val
## # A tibble: 1 × 1
##   p_value
##     <dbl>
## 1       0

Step 4

conf_int <- null_dist%>%
  get_confidence_interval(level = 0.95, type = "percentile")


null_dist %>%
  visualize(data, bins = 10, method = "simulation", dens_color = "black") +
  shade_p_value(obs_stat = test_stat, direction = "greater") +
  shade_confidence_interval(endpoints = conf_int)
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## Inf

# Assuming 'test_stat' is your observed test statistic value
test_stat <- 960

conf_int <- null_dist %>%
  get_confidence_interval(level = 0.95, type = "percentile")

# Visualize the null distribution with manual x-axis limits
null_dist %>%
  visualize(bins = 15, method = "simulation", dens_color = "black") +
  geom_vline(aes(xintercept = test_stat), color = "red", linetype = "dashed", size = 1) +
  shade_p_value(obs_stat = test_stat, direction = "greater") +
  shade_confidence_interval(endpoints = conf_int) +
  coord_cartesian(xlim = c(0, max(null_dist$stat) * 1.1)) + # Set manual x-axis limits
  labs(title = "Simulation-Based Null Distribution",
       x = "Chi-Square",
       y = "Count")
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## Inf

Modelling

# If running your GLM, need to put your outcome as 0 and 1
df <- df %>%
  mutate(
    protest = case_when(
      protest == "Yes" ~ 1,
      protest == "No" ~ 0,
      TRUE ~ NA_integer_ 
    )
  )

Regression models table

model1 <- glm(protest ~ ideology, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight))  # single predictor 
model2 <- glm(protest ~ ideology + adulthood, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight)) # two predictors 
model3 <- glm(protest ~ ideology + adulthood + ideology*adulthood, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight)) # both predictors + interaction
modelsummary(
  list(model1, model2, model3),
  fmt = 1,
  estimate  = c( "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}"),
  statistic = NULL)
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(Intercept) −1.6 (0.0)*** −1.4 (0.0)*** −1.4 (0.1)***
ideologyExtreme Left 1.3 (0.0)*** 1.3 (0.0)*** 1.3 (0.1)***
ideologyExtreme Right −0.2 (0.1)* −0.2 (0.1)+ −0.1 (0.2)
ideologyModerate Left 0.7 (0.0)*** 0.7 (0.0)*** 0.8 (0.1)***
ideologyModerate Right −0.2 (0.0)*** −0.2 (0.0)*** −0.4 (0.1)***
adulthoodLater −0.4 (0.0)*** −0.3 (0.1)***
ideologyExtreme Left × adulthoodLater 0.0 (0.1)
ideologyExtreme Right × adulthoodLater −0.1 (0.3)
ideologyModerate Left × adulthoodLater −0.1 (0.1)
ideologyModerate Right × adulthoodLater 0.2 (0.1)+
Num.Obs. 14490 14141 14141
AIC 29616.6 28644.3 28643.5
BIC 29654.5 28689.6 28719.1
Log.Lik. −14803.315 −14316.137 −14311.760
RMSE 0.41 0.40 0.40

Improving display

models <- list()
models[['SLR']]<- glm(protest ~ ideology, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight))  # single predictor 
models[['MLR']]<- glm(protest ~ ideology + adulthood, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight)) # two predictors 
models[['Interaction']]<- glm(protest ~ ideology + adulthood + ideology*adulthood, family = binomial, data = df, weights = round(weight)) # both predictors + interaction
modelsummary(models,
  fmt = 1,
  estimate  = c( "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}",
                "{estimate} ({std.error}){stars}"),
  statistic = NULL,
  exponentiate = TRUE, ## NOTE: this is to exponentiate directly, otherwise leave out or set to FALSE
  coef_rename = c("ideologyExtreme Left" = "Extreme Left", "ideologyExtreme Right" = "Extreme Right", "ideologyModerate Left" = "Moderate Left", "ideologyModerate Right" = "Moderate Right", "adulthoodLater" = "Later Adulthood"),
  title = 'Table 2. Regression models predicting protest')
Table 2. Regression models predicting protest
SLR MLR  Interaction
(Intercept) 0.2 (0.0)*** 0.3 (0.0)*** 0.3 (0.0)***
Extreme Left 3.6 (0.1)*** 3.5 (0.1)*** 3.6 (0.3)***
Extreme Right 0.8 (0.1)* 0.8 (0.1)+ 0.9 (0.2)
Moderate Left 2.0 (0.1)*** 2.0 (0.1)*** 2.2 (0.2)***
Moderate Right 0.8 (0.0)*** 0.8 (0.0)*** 0.7 (0.1)***
Later Adulthood 0.7 (0.0)*** 0.7 (0.0)***
Extreme Left:Later Adulthood 1.0 (0.1)
Extreme Right:Later Adulthood 0.9 (0.2)
Moderate Left:Later Adulthood 0.9 (0.1)
Moderate Right:Later Adulthood 1.3 (0.2)+
Num.Obs. 14490 14141 14141
AIC 29616.6 28644.3 28643.5
BIC 29654.5 28689.6 28719.1
Log.Lik. −14803.315 −14316.137 −14311.760
RMSE 0.41 0.40 0.40

Visual

plot_comparisons(model3, variables = "ideology", condition = "adulthood")