Parity Index (Female/Male) for Lower Secondary Education Enrolment

Definition:

• Parity Index (Female/Male) for Lower Secondary Education Enrolment is the ratio of the number of female students enrolled at the lower secondary education to the number of male students.
• Parity Index = (Girls' Enrollment Rate / Boys' Enrollment Rate) x 100
• A parity index of 100 indicates perfect gender parity, meaning there is an equal number of girls and boys enrolled in lower secondary education. A parity index below 100 shows that there are fewer girls enrolled than boys, while a parity index above 100 indicates that there are more girls enrolled than boys.

Unit of Measure:

• Ratio

Year:

• 2021, 2022, 2023

SDG Indicators:

• 4.5.1 Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

CPAP Outcome:

• Education for Early Childhood and Adolescent Development

CPAP Output:

• 2.1 Basic education