Women in Parliament :how does contraception affect participation?

Abstract

The importance of women in today's political sphere cannot be overstated. Women make up approximately 51 % of any country's population but have yet to reach parity within a majority of the governments around the world. It is vital to study what influences the lack or presence of women within a governance system. This paper studies the influence of contraception on women's participation in parliament. In order to do this, a quantitative analysis was done by using a variety of data. The data was analyzed using regression analysis models and a scatterplot graph. Through the study of the tables produced by the regression analysis, it is clear that there exists a relationship between the prevalence of contraception and the presence of women in parliament.