AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS: SAMPLE OF OECD COUNTRIES

Year 2014, Volume: 32 Issue: 1, 211 - 228, 30.06.2014

Senem Kurt Topuz

https://doi.org/10.17065/huiibf.61246

Cited By: 2

Abstract

 

In this study,
the influence of socio-economic, political and cultural factors which are
accepted as the determining factors for the percentage of women representatives
in national parliaments are analyzed for OECD countries. In this context,
according to the results of the regression analysis done on the socio-economic
factors, it was determined that the rate of women participating in the labor
force and the rate of urbanization have a positive effect while the rate of
women holding a bachelor’s degree have a negative one on the percentage of
women representatives. In addition, the number of political parties in parliament
that is one of the political factors and the dominant religion in the OECD
countries (Christianity) that is one of the cultural factors have positive
effect on the percentage of women representatives.

 

Keywords

OECD Countries, percentage of women representatives, affecting Factors to representation of women

SOSYO-EKONOMİK SİYASAL VE KÜLTÜREL FAKTÖRLER EKSENİNDE KADIN MİLLETVEKİLİ TEMSİL ORANINA İLİŞKİN BİR ANALİZ: OECD ÜLKELERİ ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Bu çalısmada ulusal parlamentolardaki kadın milletvekili temsil oranını belirledigi varsayılan sosyo-ekonomik, siyasal ve kültürel faktörlerin etkisi OECD ülkeleri için analiz edilmistir. Bu kapsamda yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda, sosyo-ekonomik faktörler içinde sayılan kadının isgücüne katılım oranı ve sehirlesme oranının pozitif yönlü, üniversite mezunu kadın oranının ise negatif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekili temsil oranı üzerinde anlamlı etkisi oldugu saptanmıstır. Siyasal faktörlerden biri olan parlamentondaki parti sayısının pozitif yönlü ve kültürel faktörler arasında sayılan OECD ülkelerindeki baskın din (Hıristiyanlıgın) degiskenin pozitif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekili temsil oranını anlamlı olarak etkiledigi belirlenmistir.

Keywords

OECD Ülkeleri, kadın milletvekili oranları, kadın temsili etkileyen faktörler

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