d.women {cna}

Data on high percentage of women's representation 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

d.women

Format

The data frame contains 22 rows (cases) and the following 6 columns featuring Boolean factors taking values 1 and 0 only:

[ , 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
[ , 6]	WNP	high women's representation in parliament

Source

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