Party Variation in Religiosity and Womens Leadership, Arab Countries Dataset - Codebook

All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) Country code (CNTRYCDE)
2) Country classification (ARB_OTH)

	TOTAL	%
1) Arab	163	100.0
Total	163	100.0

3) Country religious majority (MSLM_OTH)

	TOTAL	%
1) Muslim-majority	163	100.0
Total	163	100.0

4) Name of party (PRTYNME)
5) Party identification (PRTYID)
6) Year of origin (establishment) (YRORGN)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	126	1,989.53	19.13

7) Seats occupied by party in current or last parliament (%) (SEAT_PMT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	133	7.15	15.51

8) Age of party (AGE)

	TOTAL	%
0) Parties formed before year X (year marking a watershed event in the country)	45	35.4
1) Parties formed in or after year X (post-watershed event)	82	64.6
Missing	36
Total	127	100.0

9) Religiosity/secularism of party (SECLRSM)

	TOTAL	%
1) Extremist religiosity	13	8.3
2) Conservative but not extremist religiosity	12	7.7
3) Tolerant religiosity	14	9.0
4) Confessional but civil secularism	53	34.0
5) Areligious and secular	64	41.0
Missing	7
Total	156	100.0

10) Internal voluntary party quota for women (I_QUOTA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No internal quota for women	125	85.0
1) Internal quota in place for women in decision-making bodies	22	15.0
Missing	16
Total	147	100.0

11) Electoral quota for women (E_QUOTA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No quota for women	142	97.9
1) Electoral quota for women on party's nomination lists	3	2.1
Missing	18
Total	145	100.0

12) Share of women in party membership in percent (%) (F_MEM)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	116	22.21	14.70

13) Share of women in party leadership in percent (%) (F_LEAD)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	130	12.86	10.54

14) Share of women nominees for parliament in percent (%) (F_NOMPMT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	127	4.27	8.71

15) Country code number (CTRYCDNM)

	TOTAL	%
1) Algeria	18	11.0
2) Bahrain	18	11.0
3) Comoros	13	8.0
4) Djibouti	5	3.1
5) Egypt	25	15.3
6) Jordan	14	8.6
7) Lebanon	18	11.0
8) Mauritania	6	3.7
9) Morocco	15	9.2
10) Palestine	12	7.4
11) Tunisia	9	5.5
12) Yemen	4	2.5
26) Kuwait	6	3.7
Total	163	100.0

16) Legislated quota for women (L_QUOTA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No quota	97	59.5
1) Constitutional or parliamentary quota for women	66	40.5
Total	163	100.0

17) Democratic leadership transition (DEM)

	TOTAL	%
0) Parties that do not employ democratic practices in leadership transitions	132	81.0
1) Parties that employ democratic practices in leadership transitions	31	19.0
Total	163	100.0

18) List Proportional Representation (LISTPR)

	TOTAL	%
0) Countries that do not employ party List Proportional Representation (List PR)	130	79.8
1) Countries that employ party List Proportional Representation (List PR)	33	20.2
Total	163	100.0

19) Closed electoral party lists (CLOSED)

	TOTAL	%
0) Countries that do not employ closed electoral lists	104	63.8
1) Countries that employ closed electoral lists	59	36.2
Total	163	100.0

20) Share of women in parliament by country in percent (%) (F_MPS)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	163	7.89	6.95