This section contains the indicators about schooling and development during childhood, adolescence, and youth of the GenLAC database. Indicators are available by gender and educational level. They are constructed based on microdata from household surveys and standardized tests PISA (OECD) and ERCE (UNESCO). In future steps, other sources of data will be included, such as demographic and health surveys.
Pre-primary enrollment rate (5 years old)
Percentage of five-year-old children enrolled in an educational institution.
Indicator available by gender (women and men), and educational level of the household* (high school dropouts, high school graduates or some college, higher education completed).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level between household head and spouse.
Source: constructed based on Household Surveys.
Pre-primary enrollment rate (3-5 years old)
Percentage of 3-5 year-old children enrolled in an educational institution.
Indicator available by gender (women and men), and educational level of the household* (high school dropouts, high school graduates or some college, higher education completed).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level between household head and spouse.
Source: constructed based on Household Surveys.
Primary net enrollment rate
Individuals enrolled in primary education as a percentage of primary school age population.
Indicator available by gender (women and men), and educational level of the household* (high school dropouts, high school graduates or some college, higher education completed).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level between household head and spouse.
Source: constructed based on Household Surveys.
Secondary net enrollment rate
Individuals enrolled in secondary education as a percentage of secondary school age population.
Indicator available by gender (women and men), and educational level of the household* (high school dropouts, high school graduates or some college, higher education completed).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level between household head and spouse.
Source: constructed based on Household Surveys.
Primary completion rate
Percentage of children aged 3-5 years above the theoretical age for the last grade of primary education who have completed primary school.
Indicator available by gender (women and men), and educational level of the household* (high school dropouts, high school graduates or some college, higher education completed).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level between household head and spouse.
Source: constructed based on Household Surveys.
Weekly hours allocated to care activities
Weekly hours allocated to children and other household members’ care, including exclusive and non-exclusive time. The reference population includes people aged 15-24 in households with children aged 0-14.
Indicator available by gender (women and men).
Source: constructed based on Time Use Surveys.
Weekly hours allocated to childcare activities
Average score in standardized tests for 3rd grade students
Average score in standardized tests for students in 3rd grade.
Indicator available by subject (math and language), gender (women and men), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Average score in standardized tests for 6th grade students
Average score in standardized tests for students in 6th grade.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, and science), gender (women and men), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Average score in standardized tests for 15 year-old students
Average score in standardized tests for students aged 15 years old.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, and science), gender (women and men), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on PISA (OECD).
Ratio of standardized tests scores for 3rd grade students
Ratio of standardized tests scores between girls and boys in 3rd grade.
Indicator available by subject (math and language), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Ratio of standardized tests scores for 6th grade students
Ratio of standardized tests scores between girls and boys in 6th grade.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, and science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Ratio of standardized tests scores for 15 year-old students
Ratio of standardized tests scores between female and male students aged 15.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, and science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on PISA (OECD).
Percentage of women among the bottom 10% test scores in 3rd grade
Percentage of students in the bottom 10% of the standardized test scores distribution in 3rd grade who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math and language) and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Percentage of women among the bottom 10% test scores in 6th grade
Percentage of students in the bottom 10% of the standardized test scores distribution in 6th grade who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Percentage of women among the bottom 10% test scores for 15 year-old students
Percentage of students in the bottom 10% of the standardized test scores distribution for 15 year-old students who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on PISA (OECD).
Percentage of women among the top 10% test scores in 3rd grade
Percentage of students in the top 10% of the standardized test scores distribution in 3rd grade who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math and language), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Percentage of women among the top 10% test scores in 6th grade
Percentage of students in the top 10% of the standardized test scores distribution in 6th grade who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on ERCE (UNESCO).
Percentage of women among the top 10% test scores for 15 year-old students
Percentage of students in the top 10% of the standardized test scores distribution for 15 year-old students who are women.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, science), and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on PISA (OECD).
Percentage of women among 15 year-old functionally-illiterate students
Percentage of 15 year-old functionally illiterate students who are women. Functionally illiterate students are those who do not reach proficiency level 2 in standardized test scores. For more detail, visit https://www.oecd.org/pisa/.
Indicator available by subject (math, language, science) and educational level of the household (*).
(*) The household’s educational level is the highest educational level held between father and mother.
Source: constructed based on PISA (OECD).
6th grade students responding yes to ‘I follow class rules and regulations.’ - NEW 2023
6th grade students responding yes to ‘I ask the teacher for help when I don’t understand what to do.’ - NEW 2023
6th grade students responding yes to ‘Before turning in an assignment or test I check it well.’ - NEW 2023
6th grade students responding yes to ‘I wait my turn to speak in class.’ - NEW 2023
6th grade students responding yes to ‘Even if things don’t work out for me, I keep trying’. - NEW 2023
Information taken from this database should be cited as “Source: GenLAC (CEDLAS)” or “Source: GenLAC – Evidence for gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS)”. The APA style citation is available below. We advise that users reference the date that the database was consulted.
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CEDLAS (2023). GenLAC – Evidence for gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean (Version 3.1) [database]. Retrieved from https://genlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/en
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@misc{genlac_es,
author = {{CEDLAS}},
title = {GenLAC – Evidence for gender equity in Latin {A}merica and the {C}aribbean (Version 3.1). [database]},
year = {2023},
note = {Retrieved from \url{https://genlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/en}},
}
GenLAC employment, wages and education indicators are constructed following the processing protocol of the SEDLAC project (CEDLAS and The World Bank).
We would appreciate a copy of any publications or reports in which the GenLAC database is used is sent to GenLAC@econo.unlp.edu.ar.
We expect to gradually incorporate non-binary gender categories when information from official surveys is available.
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