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.
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.