Replication Data for: Trajectories of mental health problems in childhood and adult voting behaviour: Evidence from the 1970s British Cohort Study

This file describes the replication material for: Trajectories of mental health problems in childhood and adult voting behaviour: Evidence from the 1970s British Cohort Study. Authors: Lisa-Christine Girard & Martin Okolikj. Accepted in Political Behavior. This dataverse holds the following 4 replication files: 1. data_cleaning_traj.R - This file is designed to load, merge and clean the datasets for the estimation of trajectories along with the rescaling of the age 10 Rutter scale. This file was prepared using R-4.1.1 version. 2. traj_estimation.do - With the dataset merged from data_cleaning_traj.R, we run this file in STATA to create and estimate trajectories, to be included in the full dataset. This file was prepared using STATA 17.0 version. 3. data_cleaning.R - This is the file designed to load, merge and clean all datasets in one for preparation of the main analysis following the trajectory estimation. This file was prepared using R-4.1.1 version. 4. POBE Analysis.do - The analysis file is designed to generate the results from the tables in the published paper along with all supplementary materials. This file was prepared using STATA 17.0 version. The data can be accessed at the following address. It requires user registration under special licence conditions: http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=200001. If you have any questions or spot any errors please contact [e-mail] or [e-mail].