Improving Concepts and Methods for Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION I. WOMEN'S POSITION IN FAMILY FORMATION, FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS ........................................ A. Headship and composition of households 1. Household headship and female-headed households ... 2. Measuring the incidence of households headed by women ............................................, 3. Household composition B. Measuring the well-being of households headed by women ........................................... 1. Household size as a proxy indicator .......... 2. Household composition .............. ...... 3. Age and marital status of head of household C. Migration and households ......................... 1. The nature of labour migration ............... 2. The impact o£ male migration ................. 3. Relation of migrants to the household economy D. Marital/Union status and life cycle patterns ..... 1. Marriage variants ............................ 2. Remarriage ................................... 3. The relationship between marital/union status and women's economic situation ....................... 4. Life cycle patterns............. II. WOMEN, LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES A. Data problems ....................... B. Measuring women's performance in the regular education system ................................................ 1. School enrolment and attendance 2. Attainment 3. Continuation 4. Equality of educational opportunity C. Measuring women's performance in education and training outside the regular education system 1. Literacy and related basic education programmes 2. Adult education and training D. Measuring the linkage between women's education and work III. WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION A. Revised international recommendations on labour statistics B. Measuring and describing the actual supply of female labour 1. Actual amount of time worked 2. Classifications related to status in employment 3. Status in employment in agricultural activities 4. The informal sector C. Measuring and describing the underemployed 1. The problem of measuring underemployment 2. Proposals for improving measurement of the underemployed D. The relationship between employment and income IV. INCOME AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION A. The income dimension 1. The measurement of women's individual income 2. Women's contribution to household income 3. income levels of households headed by women and of women heads of household 4. Measuring income from production for the household's own consumption ............. B. Control of the use of income ....................... C. Factors conditioning women's actual and potential incomes measuring ownership, access to and control of productive resources............................ 1. The relationship of women to land ..... 2. Cattle................................ 3. Labour ........... .................... 4. Credit................................ 5. Vocational training ................... V. HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN ........................ A. Principal factors affecting women's health B. Measurement issues and indicators ......... VI. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENTIATION AND MOBILITY A. Basic issues and concepts ................. B. Selection and development of series and indicators of socio-economic differentiation, with particular reference to disadvantaged groups.................... 1. Measurement related to socio-economic groups in rural areas .................................. 2. Measurement related to socio-economic groups in urban areas.................................... C. Measuring mobility and access to opportunities among women ............................. 1. Mobility ........... 2. Access to opportunities Notes................................ References...........................  |
