Worldwide Age Representation in Cabinet Dataset

Data source: Stockemer and Kolodziejczyk

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, it provides information on the gendered composition of cabinets across the globe as well as the mean and median age of cabinet members. Authors 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, they present data on the gender and age distributions of different types of portfolios (i.e. low-prestige, medium-prestige and high-prestige portfolios).

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2024-09-01

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• 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

Variables in this dataset

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Percent of age coverage
QoG code: warc_acov

The percent of ministers authors could get age data.

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The percentage of ministers aged 35 or under relative to the percent of citizens aged 35 or under in the population.

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The percentage of ministers aged 40 or under relative to the percent of citizens aged 40 or under in the population.

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The percentage of ministers aged 41 to 60 relative to the percent of citizens aged 41 to 60 in the population.

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The percentage of ministers aged 61 or over relative to the percent of citizens aged 61 or over in the population.

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The percent of women ministers aged 35 or under at inauguration.

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The percent of women ministers aged 40 or under at inauguration.

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The percent women ministers aged 61 or more at inauguration.

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Age of cabinet leader
QoG code: warc_leadage

The age of the cabinet leader.

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Gender of leader
QoG code: warc_leadgen

The gender of the cabinet leader. (0 = male, 1 = female)

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Mean age of cabinet members
QoG code: warc_meanage

The mean age of cabinet at inauguration.

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Median age of cabinet members
QoG code: warc_medianage

The median age of cabinet at inauguration.

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The percent of ministers aged 35 or under at inauguration.

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The percent of ministers aged 40 or under at inauguration.

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The percent of ministers aged between 41 and 60 at inauguration.

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The percent of ministers aged 61 or more at inauguration.

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The percent of women ministers at inauguration.

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