Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Appendix IIIPrincipal componentsanalysisWomen’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingIndicator weightsIndicator Weight (%)1) Labour Policy and Practice1.a) Labour Policy1.a.1) ILO Convention 100; policy 30.041.a.2) ILO Convention 111; policy 34.091.a.3) Maternity and paternity leave and provision 20.721.a.4) Legal Restrictions on job types 12.871.a.5) Differential retirement age 2.281.b) Labour Practice1.b.1) ILO Convention 100; practice 32.901.b.2) ILO Convention 111; practice 34.121.b.3) De facto discrimination at work 8.821.b.4) Access to childcare 24.162) Access to Finance2.1) Building credit histories 30.032.2) Women’s access to finance programmes 32.442.3) Delivering financial services 24.602.4) Private sector credit 12.933) Education and Training3.1) Primary and secondary education; women 32.963.2) Tertiary education; women 20.473.3) Literacy rate; women 21.763.5) SME support/development training 24.814) Women’s Legal and Social Status4.1) Addressing violence against women 22.554.2) Freedom of movement; women 19.624.3) Property ownership rights 24.074.4) Adolescent fertility rate 29.234.5) CEDAW ratification 4.535) General Business Environment5.1) Regulatory quality 27.785.2) Starting a business 19.075.3) Infrastructure risk 24.865.4) Mobile telephone subscribers 28.29139 Economist Intelligence Unit 2010