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d.women: Data on high percentage of women's represention in parliaments of western countries

Description

This dataset is from Krook (2010), who analyzes the causal conditions for high women's representation in western-democratic parliaments.

Usage

data(d.women)

Arguments

Format

This dataset contains 22 rows (cases) and the following 6 columns (Boolean factors):
[ , 1] ES
existence of a PR electoral system [ , 2]
QU existence of quotas for women
[ , 3] WS
existence of social-democratic welfare system [ , 4]
WM existence of autonomous women's movement
[ , 5] LP
strong left parties [ , 1]

Source

Krook, Mona Lena. 2010. “Women's Representation in Parliament: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis.” Political Studies 58 (5):886-908.