Kerala 2005 - of Planning Commission

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Table 3: Gender Related Development Index (GDI)
Districts Equally Distributed Index for GDI GDI Rank
Income Health Education
Thiruvananthapuram 0.486 0.835 0.910 0.743 9
Kollam 0.495 0.867 0.930 0.764 6
Pathanamthitta 0.478 0.859 0.957 0.765 5
Alappuzha 0.518 0.867 0.947 0.777 1
Kottayam 0.490 0.842 0.963 0.765 4
Idukki 0.559 0.790 0.877 0.742 11
Ernakulam 0.525 0.848 0.953 0.775 2
Thrissur 0.493 0.856 0.950 0.766 3
Palakkad 0.487 0.850 0.892 0.743 10
Malappuram 0.313 0.841 0.913 0.689 14
Kozhikode 0.406 0.838 0.945 0.730 13
Wayanad 0.514 0.810 0.886 0.736 12
Kannur 0.472 0.843 0.951 0.755 7
Kasaragod 0.509 0.844 0.879 0.744 8
Kerala 0.483 0.825 0.930 0.746
Computation of Gender-Related
Development Index
The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) adjusts
the average achievement to reflect the inequalities
between men and women in human development. The
dimensions used for computing GDI by UNDP are as
follows:
• A long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy
at birth.
• Knowledge as measured by the adult literacy rate
(with two-third weights) and the combined primary,
secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (with onethird
weight).
• A decent standard of living, as measured by
GDP per capita.
The methodology for computing the gender-related
development index in this report is broadly same as
that of the UNDP. However, we have used literacy rate
of age 7 and above instead of adult literacy rate due
to non-availability of data. Also we have used gross
school (up to high school) enrolment ratio instead of
primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio.
The components of GDI used for computing districts
are the following:
Dimension
Longevity
Knowledge
Standard of Living
Indicators
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
Literacy Rate (age 7 years and above)
(%) Gross School Enrolment Ratio (%)
Real per capita Income (PPP US$)
In the first step, female and male indices for each dimension
are calculated applying the following general formula.
Xi-minX
Dimension Index=
max X-minX
The maximum and minimum values for each of the underlying
indicators are those fixed as goalposts by the UNDP. The
goalposts for each of the indicators are given below.
Indicator Maximum Minimum
Female Life Expectancy at 87.5 27.5
Birth (years)
Male Life Expectancy at
82.5 22.5
Birth (years)
Literacy rate (7+) (%) 100 0
Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) 100 0
Estimated Earned Income
(PPP US$)
40,000 100