Description & Citation--Study No. 24340
Bibliographic Description |
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Study No.: |
24340 |
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Title: |
Women in Parliament, 1945-2003: Cross-National Dataset |
Principal Investigator(s): |
Paxton, Pamela, Ohio State University Green, Jennifer, Luther College Hughes, Melanie, University of Pittsburgh |
Bibliographic Citation: |
Paxton, Pamela, Jennifer Green, and Melanie Hughes. Women in Parliament, 1945-2003: Cross-National Dataset. ICPSR24340-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-12-22. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24340.v1 |
Scope of Study |
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Summary: |
This data collection provides information on women's inclusion in parliamentary bodies in over 150 countries from 1945 to 2003. The dataset allows for extensive, large-scale, cross-national investigation of the factors that explain women's attainment of political power over time and provides educators with comprehensive international and historical information on women in a variety of political positions. Information is provided on female suffrage, the first female member of parliament, yearly percentages of women in parliaments, when women reached important representational milestones, such as 10 percent, 20 percent, and 30 percent of a legislature, and when women achieved highly-visible political positions, such as prime minister, president, or head of parliament. |
Subject Terms: |
government, legislative bodies, political history, political leaders, political participation, political power, social indicators, women, womens rights |
Smallest Geographic Unit: |
country |
Geographic Coverage: |
Africa, Asia, Global, Latin America, Middle East, North America |
Time Period: |
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Date of Collection: |
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Unit of Observation: |
country |
Universe: |
A total of 204 independent countries between the years 1945 and 2003. |
Data Types: |
aggregate data |
Data Collection Notes: |
Country births and deaths result in some split records in variable UNID (United Nations Country Code). Please refer to the codebook documentation for more information on the variables in this dataset. The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis. This data collection was produced in 2005 by Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. |
Methodology |
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Data Source: |
CIA World Factbook, CIA World Factbook Web site., Women in Parliaments 1945-1995, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1995, Inter-Parliamentary Union Statistical Archive, Inter-Parliamentary Union Statistical Archive Web site., United States Department of State's Background Notes, United States Department of State's Background Notes Web site., United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Statistics Division Web site., The Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Database (Cingranelli and Richards 2004)., The New Book of World Rankings, 1984. |
Extent of Processing: |
All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Access and Availability |
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
2008-12-22 |
