developing gender statistics: a practical tool jessica gardner unece statistical division
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Developing Gender Statistics: a practical tool
Jessica GardnerUNECE
Statistical Division
1984
1996
Percentage of women and men as members of national parliaments inselected countries, 31 July 2006
0
25
50
75
100
Sweden
Denmark
Netherla
ndsSpain
Austria
Germany
Poland
United K
ingdom
Italy
Slovakia
Czech R
epublic
France
Hungary
%Women Men
Usage of time budget by type of activity and sex in Kazakhstan, 2003
4.07
2.32
1.49
17.59
5.59
4.34
16.37
33.04
3.11
2.51
1.4
10.48
5.11
2.3
10.24
39.4
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Searching and buying food
Searching and buying other implements
Visiting everyday services
Cooking, mealing, washing up
Tidying up, repairing of household items
Laundry, ironing, repairing, sewing
Taking care of children under age of 12, living infamily
Spare time
hours per week
Women
Men
“Nowadays women have the same opportunities as
men. So where is the problem?”
“All our data are sex-disaggregated
anyway. What’s the
problem?”
“Business statistics does not relate to
gender.”
“There is no space.”
“Gender statistics is not a statistical field, what is special about
it?”
“The role of women is not an issue in our country. We have
resource constraints and we need to concentrate
on other areas.”
“We do not want to overburden
the respondents.”
• Detailed manual• 180 pages of
information• Contributions from
more than 50 experts• Available very soon
United NationsEconomic Commission for Europe
Developing Gender Statistics: a practical toolis for anybody interested in
producing information about gender differences
English Russian
Portuguese? Spanish?
Making it happen
Why do we need gender statistics?
How to produce gender statistics
Improving the use of gender statistics
What is gender statistics and gender analysis?
Labour ForceDecision-making
HealthMinorityGroups
InformalEmployment
Agriculture
UnpaidWork
Accessto Assets
Work-lifeBalance
Information &Communication
Technology
Gender-BasedViolence
EntrepreneurshipEducationResearchScience
GenderAttitudes
SocialExclusion
• What it is
• Why is it important
• The value-added of statistics
• Implications for data collection
Box 4.21: Agriculture survey in Ireland
The following is an example of a filled-in section from a postal farm questionnaire* that collects information on the agricultural workforce in Ireland, within an annual survey on farming activity required by a EU Council Regulation. Line 1 is used to collect information on the farm holder, line 2 to collect data on the spouse, lines 3-6 to collect data on other family workers and lines 7-12 to collect data on non-family workers. Limited space is devoted to the work-force in the questionnaire, but it should be kept in mind that this example comes from an EU country. An interview-based survey in a country where agriculture is of high importance to the economy and society, such as a developing country, would need to examine these issues in greater detail.
* See http:/ /www.cso.ie/surveysandmethodologies/surveyforms/ag_form_surveyjune.htm
“an expected and necessary
document for countries”
“a great deal of work has been
done and the result is excellent”
“it is well done with a clear structure”
“detail and examples”
“The manual covers all the important
themes on gender statistics”
“it shows step-by-step how to enable statistical systems to provide data
relevant to gender equality issues”
“it brings up-to-date information”
Questions? Comments?
Jessica Gardner
UNECE Statistics Division
www.unece.org/stats/gender