UNECE Databases

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UNECE Databases

• David Boko
• UNECE Statistical Division

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Updates on UNECE Gender database

• Purpose of the UNECE gender database
• Central dissemination platform for gender
  statistics in the region
• A monitoring tool for gender issues and policies
  in the region
• Updating arrangement
• Filled with existing data in international
  organisations and with specific data directly
  provided by the countries.

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Recent accomplishments

• Improved procedures for data processing leading
  to better timeliness of outputs
• Pre-coding of the questionnaires
• New functions are added to our data management
  programs to speed up the data processing
• Data downloads from international sources are
  automated

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Recent accomplishments

• Introduction of quick statistical charts for
  direct visualisation of the selected indicators
• 2011 round data collection with questionnaires
• Challenge to supersede 51/52 response rate
• Challenge to increased data coverage

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Respondents until today

• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Netherlands

• Poland
• Portugal
• Russian Federation
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tajikistan
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uzbekistan

• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Canada
• Croatia
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany

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Recent accomplishments

• Introduction of quick statistical charts for
  direct visualisation of the selected indicators
• 2011 round updates through questionnaires
• Data collection on gender pay gap by education
  level.

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• Sample results of detailed gender pay gap

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• User statistics

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Plan for future

• Finalise the updates
• Release the gender pay gap by level of education
• Publicise the database to potential users
• Introduce an annual data collection with
  questionnaires

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• Thank you !