Table 4 Countries with the same absolute value of inequity in the education gap components a obtained using the modified gender equity index, highlighting cases of inequity towards women (− values) or men (+ values)
From: Looking twice at the gender equity index for public health impact
Countries | Values | Countries | Values* |
|---|---|---|---|
Literacy | |||
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Panama, Qatar, Trinidad Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela, Italy, Samoa | −0.005 | Honduras, Uruguay | 0.005 |
Croatia, Paraguay, Romania | −0.010 | Botswana, Philippines | 0.010 |
Mexico, Swaziland | −0.015 | Malta | 0.015 |
Primary | |||
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Philippines, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Qatar, Romania, USA | −0,005 | Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Namibia | 0.005 |
Spain, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Colombia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe | −0.010 | Mongolia, Rwanda | 0.010 |
Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Iceland, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia | −0.015 | Bangladesh | 0.015 |
Russian Federation, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mauritius , Poland, Latvia | −0.005 | Belarus, Chile, Slovakia, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Norway, Peru, Romania | 0.005 |
Canada, Greece, Macedonia, Netherlands, Qatar | −0.010 | Cyprus, Croatia, Jordan, Paraguay, USA | 0.010 |
Belgium, Kazakhstan, Vietnam | −0.015 | Bangladesh, Denmark, El Salvador, Iceland, Jamaica, Malta, Moldova, UK | 0.015 |
Albania, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong, Oman, Swaziland | −0.020 | Brunei Darussalam, Trinidad and Tobago | 0.020 |
University | |||
Chile | −0.020 | Cape Verde | 0.020 |
Guatemala | −0.163 | Denmark, UK | 0.136 |
Vietnam | −0.170 | Argentina, Poland | 0.170 |