Society at a glance Asia/Pacific 2014.
This edition of Society at a Glance Asia/Pacific , a regularly updated OECD overview of social indicators, addresses the growing demand for quantitative evidence on social well-being and its trends. This report starts with an introductory chapter providing a guide to help readers understanding the O...
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Table of contents; Acronyms and conventional signs; Executive summary; The OECD/Korea Policy Centre; Chapter 1. Introduction to Society at a Glance Asia/Pacific; The framework of OECD social indicators; The selection and description of indicators; General social context indicators; Table 1.1. List of general context indicators; Self-sufficiency indicators; Table 1.2. List of self-sufficiency indicators; Equity; Table 1.3. List of equity indicators ; Health; Table 1.4. List of health indicators; Social cohesion; Table 1.5. List of social cohesion indicators
- What can be found in this publication?References; Chapter 2. Gender equality in the "three Es" in the Asia/Pacific region; Introduction and main findings; Box 2.1. The OECD Gender Initiative ; Gender equality in education; Enrolment in pre-school and primary education; Figure 2.1. Net pre-primary and primary school enrolment rates, by gender, 2011 or closest year available ; Educational attainment of men and women; Figure 2.2. Proportion of adults (25+) who have completed tertiary education, 2011 ; Educational choices: Fields of study; PISA competency scores
- Figure 2.3. Women constitute the majority of graduates taking education and humanities degrees, but few take engineering and science degrees Table 2.1. OECD PISA Programme mean competency scores in reading, mathematics and science by gender, 2012; Figure 2.4. Top and bottom performers of PISA mathematics scales, 2012 ; Gender equality in employment; Labour force participation; Figure 2.5. Gender gaps in labour force participation remain although they are declining in many economies ; Box 2.2. Demographic change in China, Japan and Korea
- Figure: Population in China, Japan and Korea by broad age group, 1950-2050Working part-time; Employment by sector; Figure 2.6. Part-time work as a share of total employment by gender, 2011 ; Leadership and representation; Figure 2.7. Women employment by sector ; Gender pay differences; Figure 2.8. Women in leadership positions ; Figure 2.9. Changes in the gender pay gap, percentage points, between 2001-06 and 2006-11 ; Unpaid work; Figure 2.10. Time spent on non-market/unpaid work in minutes per average day, by gender ; Gender equality in entrepreneurship
- Box 2.3. Microcredit as a tool to support female entrepreneurship, gender empowerment and poverty alleviation Business ownership; Figure 2.11. Employers as a proportion of the employed population, by gender ; Figure 2.12. Share of population between the ages of 18-64 who are either a nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business, in 2011 ; Holding a bank account; Figure 2.13. Share of women and men (15+) holding an account with a formal financial institution, in 2011 ; Notes; References
- Annex 2.A1. The OECD gender recommendation on gender equality in education, employment and entrepreneurship
