Survey Experiment on Climate Migration Attitudes in Nigeria

A pre-post survey experiment with 735 participants in southwest Nigeria investigated the impact of climate communication on attitudes toward farmer-herder conflict. The study randomly assigned participants to a documentary treatment or control group, measuring changes in causal attributions, blame distribution, and policy support.

Use Cases

• Analyze the effect of the documentary treatment on climate-based causal attributions and support for national resettlement policies.
• Model the scalar paradox by examining how the treatment variable relates to increased national policy support and decreased local hosting support.
• Investigate the relationship between the intervention and the reframing of local opposition from security concerns to issues of procedural fairness.

Strengths

• The dataset is based on a controlled survey experiment with 735 participants, providing a basis for causal inference.
• The study design includes a pre-post measurement structure, allowing for analysis of attitude change over time.
• Qualitative analysis provides context for interpreting the quantitative experimental results.

Limitations

• The sample size of 735 participants is limited to one region (southwest Nigeria), which may not be nationally representative.
• The dataset's structure and available variables (columns) are not specified in the input.
• The data's primary focus is on attitudinal measures, which may not capture actual behavioral outcomes.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Pre-post survey experiment with random assignment to treatment (documentary) or control group.

Freshness

The record was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

Southwest Nigeria