Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 1301-8752 1309-6338 Hacettepe Üniversitesi 10.17065/huiibf.61246 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS: SAMPLE OF OECD COUNTRIES SOSYO-EKONOMİK SİYASAL VE KÜLTÜREL FAKTÖRLER EKSENİNDE KADIN MİLLETVEKİLİ TEMSİL ORANINA İLİŞKİN BİR ANALİZ: OECD ÜLKELERİ ÖRNEĞİ Kurt Topuz Senem 06 30 2014 32 1 211 228 01 09 2015 Copyright © 1983, Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 1983 Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

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

Bu çalısmada ulusal parlamentolardaki kadın milletvekili temsil oranınıbelirledigi varsayılan sosyo-ekonomik, siyasal ve kültürel faktörlerin etkisiOECD ülkeleri için analiz edilmistir. Bu kapsamda yapılan regresyon analizisonucunda, sosyo-ekonomik faktörler içinde sayılan kadının isgücüne katılımoranı ve sehirlesme oranının pozitif yönlü, üniversite mezunu kadın oranının isenegatif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekili temsil oranı üzerinde anlamlı etkisioldugu saptanmıstır. Siyasal faktörlerden biri olan parlamentondaki partisayısının pozitif yönlü ve kültürel faktörler arasında sayılan OECD ülkelerindekibaskın din (Hıristiyanlıgın) degiskenin pozitif yönlü olarak kadın milletvekilitemsil oranını anlamlı olarak etkiledigi belirlenmistir.

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