# Replication of: # "The Cultural Divide in Europe: Migration, Multiculturalism, and Political Trust" # by Lauren M. McLaren # World Politics, Volume 64, Issue 2April 2012 , pp. 199-241 # DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043887112000032 # # Data analysis code # June 26, 2020 # # Marta Kolczynska, mkolczynska@gmail.com # 1. SETUP ---------- sessionInfo() # R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) # Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) # Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18362) # # Matrix products: default # # locale: # [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 # [4] LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 # # attached base packages: # [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base # # loaded via a namespace (and not attached): # [1] compiler_3.6.3 tools_3.6.3 packrat_0.5.0 ## 1.1. Packages ---------- library(lme4) # for estimating multi-level models library(mice) # for imputation and analyzing imputed data # 2. Reading in the data ---------- # complete-case survey data data_clean_5pct <- readRDS("data_clean_5pct.rds") # imputed data data_imp_5pct <- readRDS("data_imp_5pct.rds") # 3. Analyses ----------- ## 3.1 Main analysis (complete cases, weights) ----------- m1 <- lmer(trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry), weights = pspwght, data = data_clean_5pct) summary(m1) # Linear mixed model fit by REML ['lmerMod'] # Formula: trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + # distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + # vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + # female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry) # Data: data_clean_5pct # Weights: pspwght # # REML criterion at convergence: 3694.5 # # Scaled residuals: # Min 1Q Median 3Q Max # -3.5752 -0.6246 -0.0678 0.5711 3.5389 # # Random effects: # Groups Name Variance Std.Dev. # cntry (Intercept) 0.0292 0.1709 # Residual 3.3620 1.8336 # Number of obs: 858, groups: cntry, 13 # # Fixed effects: # Estimate Std. Error t value # (Intercept) 3.246e+00 9.812e-01 3.308 # imm_concern 1.797e-01 3.864e-02 4.651 # happy_rev -8.221e-02 5.449e-02 -1.509 # stflife_rev 1.577e-01 5.239e-02 3.009 # sclmeet_rev 8.809e-02 4.717e-02 1.868 # distrust_soc 6.500e-02 4.605e-02 1.412 # stfeco_rev 2.367e-01 3.805e-02 6.221 # hincfel 3.787e-02 1.001e-01 0.378 # stfhlth_rev 1.117e-02 3.419e-02 0.327 # stfedu_rev 1.281e-01 3.599e-02 3.560 # vote_gov1 -4.757e-01 1.401e-01 -3.394 # vote_frparty1 2.782e-01 3.601e-01 0.773 # lrscale -3.453e-02 3.403e-02 -1.015 # hhinc_std -1.384e-01 8.175e-02 -1.693 # agea -4.726e-03 3.932e-03 -1.202 # educ -1.021e-01 5.105e-02 -2.000 # female -2.457e-02 1.321e-01 -0.186 # vote_share_fr -6.641e-02 3.264e-02 -2.034 # socexp -9.360e-05 9.134e-05 -1.025 # lt_imm_cntry -9.512e-01 6.520e-01 -1.459 # wgi -4.637e-01 5.646e-01 -0.821 # gdppc 7.341e-05 2.792e-05 2.630 # unemp -1.136e-01 5.120e-02 -2.219 # # Correlation matrix not shown by default, as p = 23 > 12. # Use print(x, correlation=TRUE) or # vcov(x) if you need it # # fit warnings: # Some predictor variables are on very different scales: consider rescaling ## 3.2 Auxiliary analysis 1 (complete cases, no weights) ----------- m2 <- lmer(trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry), data = data_clean_5pct) summary(m2) # Linear mixed model fit by REML ['lmerMod'] # Formula: trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + # distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + # vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + # female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry) # Data: data_clean_5pct # # REML criterion at convergence: 3627.7 # # Scaled residuals: # Min 1Q Median 3Q Max # -3.6483 -0.6477 -0.0737 0.6150 2.9536 # # Random effects: # Groups Name Variance Std.Dev. # cntry (Intercept) 0.00 0.000 # Residual 3.58 1.892 # Number of obs: 858, groups: cntry, 13 # # Fixed effects: # Estimate Std. Error t value # (Intercept) 2.980e+00 8.623e-01 3.455 # imm_concern 2.145e-01 3.925e-02 5.465 # happy_rev -1.045e-01 5.506e-02 -1.897 # stflife_rev 1.505e-01 5.354e-02 2.811 # sclmeet_rev 8.803e-02 4.746e-02 1.855 # distrust_soc 8.275e-02 4.640e-02 1.784 # stfeco_rev 2.582e-01 3.798e-02 6.796 # hincfel 3.160e-02 1.001e-01 0.316 # stfhlth_rev 5.227e-02 3.535e-02 1.479 # stfedu_rev 9.396e-02 3.623e-02 2.593 # vote_gov1 -3.669e-01 1.404e-01 -2.613 # vote_frparty1 2.402e-01 3.846e-01 0.624 # lrscale -5.029e-02 3.483e-02 -1.444 # hhinc_std -1.134e-01 8.351e-02 -1.358 # agea -5.627e-03 4.071e-03 -1.382 # educ -1.100e-01 5.108e-02 -2.153 # female -2.732e-02 1.330e-01 -0.205 # vote_share_fr -7.272e-02 2.740e-02 -2.654 # socexp -1.531e-04 7.600e-05 -2.015 # lt_imm_cntry -1.306e+00 5.447e-01 -2.397 # wgi -1.699e-02 4.757e-01 -0.036 # gdppc 8.837e-05 2.309e-05 3.827 # unemp -1.448e-01 4.246e-02 -3.410 # # Correlation matrix not shown by default, as p = 23 > 12. # Use print(x, correlation=TRUE) or # vcov(x) if you need it # # fit warnings: # Some predictor variables are on very different scales: consider rescaling # convergence code: 0 # boundary (singular) fit: see ?isSingular ## 3.3 Auxiliary analysis 2 (imputed data, weights) ----------- fitimp1 <- with(data_imp_5pct, lmer(trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry), weights = pspwght)) summary(pool(fitimp1)) # term estimate std.error statistic df p.value # 1 (Intercept) 2.816689e+00 8.221700e-01 3.4259212 451.61567 6.687248e-04 # 2 imm_concern 1.423741e-01 3.119772e-02 4.5636050 1208.19658 5.541157e-06 # 3 happy_rev -4.983350e-02 4.560246e-02 -1.0927809 805.54346 2.748167e-01 # 4 stflife_rev 7.047185e-02 4.111709e-02 1.7139311 818.63266 8.691993e-02 # 5 sclmeet_rev 3.297687e-02 3.890915e-02 0.8475351 472.48439 3.971261e-01 # 6 distrust_soc 1.626593e-01 3.786510e-02 4.2957577 629.47191 2.016327e-05 # 7 stfeco_rev 2.771359e-01 3.316246e-02 8.3569146 239.35237 5.329071e-15 # 8 hincfel -5.732207e-02 8.306497e-02 -0.6900872 1107.58966 4.902839e-01 # 9 stfhlth_rev 5.563212e-02 2.951422e-02 1.8849260 372.91831 6.021716e-02 # 10 stfedu_rev 1.259361e-01 3.149656e-02 3.9984089 291.20678 8.089455e-05 # 11 vote_gov1 -2.859426e-01 1.236809e-01 -2.3119386 781.13063 2.104033e-02 # 12 vote_frparty1 1.669440e-01 3.400873e-01 0.4908858 1172.40909 6.235991e-01 # 13 lrscale -5.498991e-02 3.573257e-02 -1.5389295 34.40401 1.329694e-01 # 14 hhinc_std -1.738076e-01 7.689969e-02 -2.2601861 64.11253 2.721389e-02 # 15 agea -2.954197e-03 3.197596e-03 -0.9238808 500.03315 3.559940e-01 # 16 educ -8.500129e-02 4.405474e-02 -1.9294472 419.87255 5.434886e-02 # 17 female 6.804313e-02 1.115148e-01 0.6101711 653.26185 5.419607e-01 # 18 vote_share_fr -7.867001e-02 3.095496e-02 -2.5414351 1235.93419 1.116120e-02 # 19 socexp -3.232296e-05 8.388477e-05 -0.3853257 1203.17571 7.000642e-01 # 20 lt_imm_cntry -9.573876e-01 4.922548e-01 -1.9449023 1237.44329 5.201302e-02 # 21 wgi -4.402953e-01 4.968003e-01 -0.8862622 1246.29015 3.756472e-01 # 22 gdppc 6.614430e-05 2.555400e-05 2.5884131 1231.41218 9.755476e-03 # 23 unemp -1.224877e-01 4.030609e-02 -3.0389375 1159.40209 2.427313e-03 ## 3.4 Auxiliary analysis 3 (imputed data, no weights) ----------- fitimp2 <- with(data_imp_5pct, lmer(trstprl_rev ~ imm_concern + happy_rev + stflife_rev + sclmeet_rev + distrust_soc + stfeco_rev + hincfel + stfhlth_rev + stfedu_rev + vote_gov + vote_frparty + lrscale + hhinc_std + agea + educ + female + vote_share_fr + socexp + lt_imm_cntry + wgi + gdppc + unemp + (1 | cntry))) summary(pool(fitimp2)) # term estimate std.error statistic df p.value # 1 (Intercept) 2.670425e+00 6.820727e-01 3.915162454 931.25755 9.693099e-05 # 2 imm_concern 1.733889e-01 3.111443e-02 5.572619399 1244.66947 3.073233e-08 # 3 happy_rev -3.984772e-02 4.427729e-02 -0.899958569 1176.99260 3.683264e-01 # 4 stflife_rev 6.032247e-02 4.131462e-02 1.460075785 1138.43822 1.445451e-01 # 5 sclmeet_rev 6.519698e-02 3.776982e-02 1.726165822 776.34841 8.471544e-02 # 6 distrust_soc 1.442623e-01 3.720122e-02 3.877892535 988.38166 1.123306e-04 # 7 stfeco_rev 2.832967e-01 3.073871e-02 9.216286016 1210.79162 0.000000e+00 # 8 hincfel -1.648051e-02 8.131428e-02 -0.202676669 1070.52447 8.394263e-01 # 9 stfhlth_rev 8.005235e-02 2.902248e-02 2.758287879 948.94275 5.922195e-03 # 10 stfedu_rev 1.087282e-01 3.101416e-02 3.505760697 352.97420 5.140006e-04 # 11 vote_gov1 -2.670967e-01 1.193788e-01 -2.237388784 1161.03361 2.545008e-02 # 12 vote_frparty1 1.000650e-01 3.494422e-01 0.286356421 1237.24931 7.746531e-01 # 13 lrscale -6.169859e-02 3.015253e-02 -2.046216038 501.96215 4.125558e-02 # 14 hhinc_std -1.551995e-01 7.601284e-02 -2.041754293 89.44537 4.412153e-02 # 15 agea -4.243024e-03 3.134274e-03 -1.353750000 1205.77576 1.760698e-01 # 16 educ -9.205973e-02 4.230064e-02 -2.176320097 889.41254 2.979383e-02 # 17 female 8.929983e-04 1.105279e-01 0.008079392 750.23635 9.935558e-01 # 18 vote_share_fr -7.701945e-02 2.459950e-02 -3.130935119 1222.91623 1.783804e-03 # 19 socexp -7.656541e-05 6.729134e-05 -1.137819684 1202.30676 2.554225e-01 # 20 lt_imm_cntry -1.076957e+00 3.907036e-01 -2.756455645 1210.87103 5.930883e-03 # 21 wgi -2.017787e-01 3.978470e-01 -0.507176717 1244.09435 6.121207e-01 # 22 gdppc 7.336745e-05 1.999235e-05 3.669775968 1243.82138 2.530379e-04 # 23 unemp -1.387186e-01 3.162545e-02 -4.386295851 1180.15849 1.255900e-05