Women’s participation
Two measures of women’s participation are used in the
analysis. The first measure is the total number of councilors that
are women in each forest association; this variable ranges from 0 to
13 with a mean value of just over 3 councilors per association. The
total number (both mean and women) of councilors ranges from 3
to 36, with an average of just over 11 total councilors. On average
about 28% of the councils are women. The second measure is
whether the forest association is led by a woman. Of the 96 formal
forest associations in this analysis 14.6% of them (a total of 14) are
headed by a woman.