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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.TENR.FEUNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.
DescriptionAdjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.
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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.TENR.MAUNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.
DescriptionAdjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.
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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.ADO.TFRTUnited Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects.
DescriptionAdolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.DPNDWorld Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
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Age population, age 00, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG00.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 00, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG00.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 01, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG01.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 01, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG01.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 02, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG02.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 02, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG02.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 03, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG03.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 03, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG03.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 04, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG04.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 04, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG04.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 05, female, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
CodeSource
SP.POP.AG05.FE.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, female refers to female population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Age population, age 05, male, interpolated
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.AG05.MA.INUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.
DescriptionAge population, male refers to male population at the specified age level. The geographical areas included in the data are the same as the data source.
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Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of adult females living with HIV)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.HIV.ARTC.FE.ZSUNAIDS estimates.
DescriptionThe percentage of adult females living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy.
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Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of adult males living with HIV)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.HIV.ARTC.MA.ZSUNAIDS estimates.
DescriptionThe percentage of adult males living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy.
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Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
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Database NameGender Statistics
CodeSource
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.
DescriptionCrude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.
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Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.BRTC.ZSUNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.
DescriptionBirths attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
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Children in employment, female (% of female children ages 7-14)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SL.TLF.0714.FE.ZSUnderstanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.
DescriptionChildren in employment refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
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Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SL.TLF.0714.MA.ZSUnderstanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.
DescriptionChildren in employment refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey.
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Children out of school, primary, female
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.UNER.FEUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionChildren out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
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Children out of school, primary, male
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.UNER.MAUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionChildren out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
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Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.DYN.CONU.ZSHousehold surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
DescriptionContraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.
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Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.DYN.CONM.ZSHousehold surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
DescriptionContraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception.
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Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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IC.REG.COST.PC.FE.ZSWorld Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
DescriptionCost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
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Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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IC.REG.COST.PC.MA.ZSWorld Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
DescriptionCost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
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Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
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Database NameGender Statistics
CodeSource
SP.DYN.CDRT.IN(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.
DescriptionCrude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.
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Decision maker about a woman's own health care: mainly husband (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.HLTH.HB.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about women own health care: mainly husband is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for their own health care is mainly the husband
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Decision maker about a woman's own health care: mainly wife  (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.HLTH.WF.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about women own health care: mainly wife is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for their own health care is mainly the respondent
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Decision maker about a woman's own health care: other (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.HLTH.OT.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about women own health care: other is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for their own health care is recorded as 'other'
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Decision maker about a woman's own health care: someone else (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.HLTH.SE.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about women own health care: someone else is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for their own health care is mainly someone else
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Decision maker about a woman's own health care: wife and husband jointly (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.HLTH.WH.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about women own health care: wife and husband jointly is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for their own health care is mainly the respondent and her husband
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Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: mainly husband (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.VISI.HB.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: mainly husband is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly the husband
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Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: mainly wife (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.VISI.WF.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: mainly wife is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly the respondent
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Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: other (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.VISI.OT.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: other is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is recorded as 'other'
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Decision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: someone else (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.VISI.SE.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about a woman's visits to her family or relatives: someone else is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly someone else
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Decision maker about major household purchases: mainly husband (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.PRCH.HB.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about ajor household purchases: mainly husband is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for major household purchases is mainly the husband
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Decision maker about major household purchases: mainly wife (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.PRCH.WF.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about major household purchases: mainly wife is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for major household purchases is mainly the respondent
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Decision maker about major household purchases: other (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.PRCH.OT.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about major household purchases: other is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for major household purchases is recorded as 'other'
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Decision maker about major household purchases: someone else (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.PRCH.SE.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about Major household purchases: someone else is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for major household purchases is mainly someone else
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Decision maker about major household purchases: wife and husband jointly (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.PRCH.WH.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about major household purchases: wife and husband jointly is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for major household purchases is mainly the respondent and her husband
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Decision maker about Visits to her family or relatives: wife and husband jointly (% of women age 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.DMK.VISI.WH.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionDecision maker about Visits to her family or relatives: wife and husband jointly is Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 for whom the decision maker for visits to her family or relatives is mainly the respondent and her husband
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Demand for family planning satisfied by any methods (% of married women with demand for family planning)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.FPL.SATI.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys.
DescriptionDemand for family planning satisfied by any methods refers to the percentage of married women ages 15-49 whose need for family planning is satisfied.
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Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods (% of married women with demand for family planning)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.FPL.SATM.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS).
DescriptionDemand for family planning satisfied by modern methods refers to the percentage of married women ages 15-49 years whose need for family planning is satisfied with modern methods.
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Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.TER.CUAT.BA.FE.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionThe percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.
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Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.TER.CUAT.BA.MA.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionThe percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.
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Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.SEC.CUAT.LO.FE.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionThe percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed lower secondary education.
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Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.SEC.CUAT.LO.MA.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed September 19, 2023. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionThe percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed lower secondary education.
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