WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT*
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|
Life expect. At birth (years) |
Females as a % of males [a] |
Averageage at first marriage(years) |
Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) |
Contra Ceptive Prev. (%)
|
Pregnant Women (15-49) with anaemia (%) |
% of births attended by trained health personnel |
Administrators and managers (% female) |
Parliament (% of seats occupied by women) |
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Literacy |
Share in Labor Force (15+)
|
Economic |
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|
1992 |
1970 |
1992 |
1994 |
1994 |
1980-90 |
1980-92 |
1986-93 |
1975-91 |
1983-93 |
1990 |
1994 |
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|
Antigua and Barb. |
|
|
|
|
|
22.5 |
|
53 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Argentina |
75.7 |
98 |
100 |
41 |
38 |
22.9 |
140 |
|
|
87 |
|
14 |
|
Bahamas |
77.9 |
|
99 |
52 |
48 |
24.8 |
|
62 |
12 |
|
26 |
11 |
|
Barbados |
77.9 |
100 |
98 |
85 |
78 |
30.4 |
|
55 |
29 |
|
33 |
14 |
|
Belize |
75.0 |
100 |
|
35 |
36 |
23.9 |
|
47 |
65 |
|
|
8 |
|
Bolivia |
61.0 |
|
82 |
33 |
31 |
22.8 |
600 |
30 |
.. |
55 |
17 |
6 |
|
Brazil |
68.7 |
91 |
99 |
39 |
38 |
22.6 |
200 |
66 |
.. |
95 |
|
5 |
|
Chile |
77.4 |
98 |
99 |
41 |
39 |
23.4 |
35 |
|
32 |
98 |
19 |
7 |
|
Colombia |
72.3 |
97 |
100 |
30 |
28 |
22.6 |
200 |
66 |
8 |
94 |
27 |
9 |
|
Costa Rica |
78.6 |
100 |
100 |
28 |
29 |
22.2 |
36 |
75 |
.. |
93 |
23 |
14 |
|
Cuba |
77.3 |
|
99 |
49 |
50 |
19.9 |
39 |
70 |
.. |
90 |
|
23 |
|
Dominica |
|
100 |
|
72 |
57 |
30.8 |
|
50 |
28 |
|
36 |
13 |
|
Dominican Rep. |
71.7 |
95 |
100 |
18 |
19 |
19.7 |
|
56 |
.. |
92 |
|
10 |
|
Ecuador |
71.4 |
90 |
96 |
23 |
24 |
21.1 |
170 |
53 |
.. |
84 |
26 |
5 |
|
El Salvador |
68.8 |
88 |
94 |
39 |
35 |
19.4 |
|
53 |
14 |
66 |
18 |
11 |
|
Grenada |
|
100 |
|
96 |
80 |
29.4 |
|
54 |
63 |
|
32 |
14 |
|
Guatemala |
67.3 |
72 |
77 |
22 |
21 |
21.4 |
200 |
23 |
.. |
51 |
32 |
5 |
|
Guyana |
68.0 |
94 |
98 |
35 |
34 |
23.7 |
|
|
58 |
|
|
20 |
|
Haiti |
58.3 |
65 |
87 |
69 |
64 |
23.8 |
600 |
10 |
.. |
20 |
33 |
3 |
|
Honduras |
70.1 |
94 |
99 |
27 |
27 |
20.0 |
220 |
47 |
.. |
81 |
28 |
|
|
Jamaica |
75.8 |
101 |
111 |
85 |
82 |
29.7 |
120 |
67 |
62 |
82 |
|
12 |
|
Mexico |
73.9 |
90 |
95 |
39 |
69 |
20.6 |
110 |
53 |
.. |
77 |
19 |
7 |
|
Nicaragua |
68.5 |
98 |
103 |
43 |
37 |
20.2 |
|
49 |
.. |
73 |
|
16 |
|
Panama |
75.0 |
98 |
99 |
39 |
40 |
21.4 |
60 |
|
.. |
96 |
29 |
7 |
|
Paraguay |
71.9 |
89 |
96 |
25 |
26 |
21.8 |
300 |
48 |
.. |
66 |
16 |
6 |
|
Peru |
67.9 |
74 |
86 |
32 |
32 |
22.7 |
300 |
59 |
.. |
52 |
|
9 |
|
Saint Kitts/ Nevis |
|
100 |
|
|
|
31.3 |
|
41 |
57 |
|
|
6 |
|
Saint Lucia |
|
102 |
|
|
|
31.4 |
|
47 |
22 |
|
|
14 |
|
Saint Vincent |
|
100 |
|
|
|
28.2 |
|
58 |
20 |
|
|
13 |
|
Suriname |
72.8 |
|
95 |
43 |
41 |
18.6 |
|
|
.. |
|
22 |
6 |
|
Trinidad and Tob. |
74.0 |
95 |
98 |
43 |
42 |
22.3 |
110 |
53 |
.. |
98 |
23 |
18 |
|
Uruguay |
75.7 |
|
101 |
47 |
44 |
22.9 |
36 |
|
.. |
96 |
21 |
|
|
Venezuela |
74.7 |
92 |
98 |
39 |
39 |
21.2 |
|
49 |
52 |
69 |
19 |
6 |
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report, 1995. Average age of marriage from HDR, 1994.
* Throughout the book, where possible, gender disaggregated information is given. This table is a brief attempt to depict women's access to education and health services, participation in the labor force, business and political life. Information about legal and property rights is lacking as are data on womens' productive activities.
[a] Expressed in relation to the male average. The smaller the figure, the larger the gap.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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