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Gender and Population Sub Groups

Developing Gender Statistics. Gender and Population Sub Groups. Disadvantaged in terms of social status, education, employment, wealth and other social and economic dimensions. . Source: www.hscripts.com. W omen in some population groups are subject to a double disadvantage,

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Gender and Population Sub Groups

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  1. Developing Gender Statistics Gender and Population Sub Groups

  2. Disadvantaged in terms of social status, education, employment, wealth and other social and economic dimensions. Source: www.hscripts.com

  3. Women in some population groups are subject to a double disadvantage, as minorities, and as women.

  4. Unemployment rate by sex and ethnicity, United Kingdom 2004 Source: Annual Population Survey, January 2004 to December 2004, Office for National Statistics, UK

  5. Statistics on gender and ethnicity are needed • to address inequalities within and between population groups • to monitor and evaluate the impact of policies and measures on • minority women and men Gender Socio-Cultural Background

  6. Earnings by ethnicity and sex in New Zealand Source: Statistics New Zealand, 1998

  7. Ethnicity Language Race Religion Is there open debate on ethno-cultural characteristics in your country?

  8. Declaration of minority group affiliation is sensitive. National statistical offices omit sensitive topics in data collection.

  9. The actual meaning of responses depends on the socio-political environment of the country. Only if it is safe or favorable enough for individuals to identify their minority status, respondents are ready to identify themselves as part of segregated population subgroups..

  10. Sample size and sample design are crucial to determine the possibility of obtaining significant data for small groups. Producing statistically significant results may not always be possible in survey, due to the small number of people from population sub-groups

  11. Population censuses are a better tool to identify small population groups. Administrative data can also be a valuable source of information on population sub-groups and gender. Logo of Russian Census, 2002

  12. Statistics are rarely presented and disseminated broken down by ethnic status. This makes it difficult to measure gender differences within the different ethnic groups. Cover pages of Statistic and Demographic Yearbooks of Uzbekistan, 2004

  13. ? What can we do to improve the quality and availability of statistics on gender and ethno-cultural characteristics?

  14. National Statistical Office Population Sub Group Member Source: www.freedigitalphotos.net

  15. Pre-coded questions: Open-ended questions: Encourage persons to report their status: Use open-ended instead of pre-coded questions to increase perception of neutrality. Example of open-ended questions, Census questionnaire, FYROM Example of pre-coded questions, Ethnicity questionnaire, New Zealand

  16. Collect information on migration background as a proxy: • Information such as • country of birth, • country of birth of parents, • or citizenship • may be perceived as less intrusive Source: 2001 Australian Census

  17. Over-sampling of existing sample surveys should be considered for some areas or population groups

  18. Edited by: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Statistics Division World Bank Institute - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Division Concept & Production: World Bank Institute - Multimedia Center Photo Credits: Worldbank Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France Wikipedia www.hscripts.com

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