Spot in school Mother 52% 43% 5% 82% 13% 5% for her child Medical care for Mother 61% 35% 4% 86% 10% 5% her child Truckload of Family 46% 50% 5% 80% 15% 6% bricks for homes Group of Refurbish a 39% 56% 5% -- -- -- friends soccer field Bicycle for their Parents 30% 65% 5% -- -- -- child In Table A4, all differences are significant at the 1% level for whether recipients should accept the gift and vote for the candidate, except the differences between and “Groceries” “Truckload of and and a soccer which are significant at the 5% level. bricks” “Wheelchair” “Refurbish field”, For whether recipients accept the gift, all differences are significant at the 1% level except would the difference between and in (p = .97). All differences between “Groceries” “Spot school” and answers are significant for each question at the 1% level. (N = 2,513.) “would” “should” A similar battery of questions, mentioned on p. 11 of the text, was asked in the Mexico 2006 Panel Study (Lawson et al. 2007). The question (from Wave 3 of the panel survey) read: IF (INTERVIEWER: USE “Gabriel” IF MALE INTERVIEWEE AND “Gabriela” imagine that there is a person named FEMALE INTERVIEWEE) Let’s Gabriel/Gabriela who is a person like you and lives in a community like yours. A representative of a political party ... (READ OUT SCENARIOS) In your opinion, how much of an obligation should Gabriel/Gabriela feel to vote for this political party a lot, some, a little, or none? – throws a party for community Gabriel(a)’s gives money to Gabriel(a) to buy a groceries week’s promises to build a sewage system in community if he wins Gabriel(a)’s the election in that neighborhood Because the panel structure of the sample was complex, and some questions were only included in some waves, we report separately the results for different subsamples. Table A5: Feelings of Obligation in Mexico Cross-section that accompanied Wave 2 (N = 305)
Mother Spot in school for her child 52% 43% 5% 82% 13% 5% Mother Medical care for her child 61% 35% 4% 86% 10% 5% Family Truckload of bricks for homes 46% 50% 5% 80% 15% 6% Group of friends Refurbish a soccer field 39% 56% 5% -- -- -- Parents Bicycle for their child 30% 65% 5% -- -- -- In Table A4, all differences are significant at the 1% level for whether recipients should accept the gift and vote for the candidate, except the differences between “Groceries” and “Truckload of bricks” and “Wheelchair” and “Refurbish a soccer field”, which are significant at the 5% level. For whether recipients would accept the gift, all differences are significant at the 1% level except the difference between “Groceries” and “Spot in school” (p = .97). All differences between “would” and “should” answers are significant for each question at the 1% level. (N = 2,513.) A similar battery of questions, mentioned on p. 11 of the text, was asked in the Mexico 2006 Panel Study (Lawson et al. 2007). The question (from Wave 3 of the panel survey) read: (INTERVIEWER: USE “Gabriel” IF MALE INTERVIEWEE AND “Gabriela” IF FEMALE INTERVIEWEE) Let’s imagine that there is a person named Gabriel/Gabriela who is a person like you and lives in a community like yours. A representative of a political party ... (READ OUT SCENARIOS) In your opinion, how much of an obligation should Gabriel/Gabriela feel to vote for this political party – a lot, some, a little, or none? throws a party for Gabriel(a)’s community gives money to Gabriel(a) to buy a week’s groceries promises to build a sewage system in Gabriel(a)’s community if he wins the election in that neighborhood Because the panel structure of the sample was complex, and some questions were only included in some waves, we report separately the results for different subsamples. Table A5: Feelings of Obligation in Mexico Cross-section that accompanied Wave 2 (N = 305)