GEOGRAPH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Inequality Index, Human Development Index, Gender Inequality
1 Oct 2018
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Through most of the 20th century, the gap between rich and poor narrowed in developed countries. Since 1980, however, inequality has increased in most developed countries. The u. n combines hdi data on income, education,and life expectancy in a measure of the gender gap called the gender-related development index (gdi). If females and males have the same levels of income, education, and life expectancy, the gdi would be 1. 000. The u. n combines data on reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market ina measure of the gender gap called the gender inequality index (gii) A score of 0 would mean that men and women fare equally. The gii is higher in developing countries than in developed ones. Reproductive health is the largest contributor to gender inequality in some developing countries. The material mortality rate is the number of women who die giving birth per. The adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,00 women ages 15-19.
