Official and Latin America and the Caribbean proposed MDG's targets and indicator for MDG3

Official MDG targets and indicators list published by the United Nations jointly with proposed MDG's targets and indicators proposed for Latin America and the Caribbean countries. These indicators have been suggested by ECLAC to measure the progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, form a regional perspective. Some of them are used as proxy of the official indicators, when there is no available data for the countries. Others were adapted to shed light on the specific needs of the region.

Additionally you will find here some official indicators that were eliminated or modified at the last revision of the MDG monitoring framework.

 
N Target/ Indicator

Official or proposed

Preexistent, Eliminated, modified or new*

Previous numeration*

Link to data

Target 3.A

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Target 4
3.1

Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
O
Preexistent
9
 tic
 

Women to men ratio of ateo fn of primary education according to  CINE 1997
P
-
-
-
 

Gender parity index for literacy rate
P
-
-
-
3.2

Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
O
Preexistent
11
 tic
3.3

Proportion of seats held by women in ateo f parliament
O
Preexistent
12
 tic
 

Gender parity index for literacy rate of men and women aged 15 and over
O/E
Eliminated
10
-
 

Percentage of population employed in low productivity sectors of the labor market , by sex
P
-
-
 tic
 

Women and men unemployment rates, population 15 years and over
P
-
-
 tic
 

Wage income of women as a proportion of men’s
P
-
-
 tic
 

Men and women participation rates in household chores
P
-
-
-
 

Average daily hours spent in household chores, by sex and according to the length of the working day

P
-
-
-
 

Unmet need for family planning

P
-
-
-
 

Percentage of unwanted fertility
P
-
-
-
 

Percentage of women that are currently or were formerly engaged in a relationship, that have suffered from physical, sexual or psychological  violence.
P
-
-
-
 

Women to men  ratio on average wage

P
-
-
 tic

Notes
* *Comparison between previous MDG Monitoring Framework reported to the General Assembly in it’s 59 session in 2004, and used in the Progress Reports since then, and the revised MDG Monitoring Framework approved by the General Assembly in it’s 62nd Session and effective since 15 January 2000.