Replication Data for “Persistence of Individual and Social Preferences in Rural Settings”

This dataset contains the replication data files for the paper “Persistence of Individual and Social Preferences in Rural Settings.” The study examines the stability of individual and social preferences in rural settings, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a major global shock. The data comprise a panel of 1,262 agricultural households located across 86 communities in the departments of Huehuetenango, Quiché, and San Marcos in Guatemala. Households were interviewed in person at baseline in November-December 2019 and subsequently followed through three annual phone surveys conducted in May-June 2020, 2021, and 2022 to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on individual and social preferences. The dataset includes information on self-reported preference indicators, as well as household socioeconomic characteristics, dwelling characteristics, asset ownership, and agricultural activities, along with contextual variables measured at the household, community, and municipality levels.