Worldwide Age Representation in Parliaments Dataset

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The WARC dataset is a comprehensive dataset and ongoing data collection that provides information on the numerical presence of female ministers and different age groups worldwide and over time.

In more detail, we provide information on the gendered composition of cabinets across the globe as well as the mean and median age of cabinet members. We also provide figures on the presence of young cabinet members, as well as figures that that compare the presence of a certain age group of cabinet members in relation to the same age group in the general population. Finally, we present data on the gender and age distributions of different types of portfolios (i.e. low-prestige, medium-prestige and high-prestige portfolios).

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The percent of young ministers aged 40 years or under in Canada and France.
The percent of young ministers aged 40 years or under in Canada and France.
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This site was built in part with funding from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Canada Office.

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To build this dataset, I have worked with numerous research assistants and used many data sources. These include existing data sets on cabinet members in particularly Nyrup, J., & Bramwell, S. (2020), government websites, the secondary literature, newspaper articles and Wikipedia.

This site was built in part with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Citation

When using the WARC dataset, we ask you to cite the following publication:

Stockemer, D., & Kolodziejczyk, K. (2024). Introducing the World Age Representation in Cabinet (WARC) Dataset. Representation, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2024.2409636.

The WARC dataset is available to download and free of charge. You can use it for analysis, graphs, teaching, academic-related and non-commercial purposes.

Looking for data similar to the WARC dataset but focused on parliaments? Visit the Worldwide Age Representation in Parliaments Dataset.