Women and Men in the Caribbean Community

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Women and Men in the Caribbean Community29 HEALTHContemporary Patterns in MortalityLife ExpectancyDifferentials in MortalityBoys Experience Higher Infant MortalityHealth Situation of ChildrenChild Mortality Equally Low for Girls and BoysMore Girl Children Die from Acute Respiratory InfectionLevels of Child Malnutrition Vary Widely among CountriesEarly Childhood Health and MortalityExternal Causes Claim More Lives of Boys in Early ChildhoodHealth and Mortality of the YouthAIDS among Leading Causes of Death, Claims as Many Livesof Young Females as MalesSexual Activity among AdolescentsReproductive HealthDownward trend in Women’s Fertility: Education a Key FactorChildbirth Claiming Still Too Many Women’s LivesContraceptive Prevalence Still Low in Several CountriesNon-communicable Disease MortalityTop Three Leading Causes of Death Common to Women and Men51 EDUCATION AND TRAININGTowards Standardisation of Educational SystemsEducation ExpenditureGovernments Spend Less than One-tenth GDP on EducationFormal Education at Pre-primary, Primary andSecondary LevelsPre-primary EnrolmentPrimary LevelSecondary LevelProgression from Primary to Secondary LevelsDropouts and RepeatersEducation PerformanceGeneral ProficiencyBasic ProficiencyTeaching ResourceTertiary Level (University and Non-university) EducationEnrolmentGraduatesAcademic StaffEducational Attainment of the Adult PopulationNo Schooling an Uncommon CharacteristicHighest Level of Educational Attainmentxii
Chapter 1 POPULATION79 WORKPatterns of Economic ActivityWomen’s Economic Activity Lower than Men’s but IncreasingAge Patterns of Economic ActivityMarital Status and Economic ActivityEducation Levels of the Economically ActiveYouth in the Labour MarketUnemploymentYouth UnemploymentAdult UnemploymentEducation and UnemploymentThe Role of Self-employmentHigh Dependence of Women on Paid EmploymentSelf-employment Increasing for Women and MenOccupational SegregationHigh Concentration of Women in Service-orientedand Clerical (Support-giving) OccupationsMale Occupations Provide Fewer Jobs for WomenManagement and Skilled OccupationsSectoral Distribution of EmploymentServices, a Major Sector of Employment for BothWomen and Men, but High Concentration of WomenLabour Market OutcomesHours of WorkIncome from Work123 DATA GAPS AND REQUIREMENTSData Gaps and DeficienciesAppendicesReferencesLimited Dissemination of Population Census ResultsIncomplete Registration of Vital EventsRegular Household Surveys in Few CountriesThe Missing LinksRegion and Culture, a Neglected FieldLessons for Future WorkSystems in Need of Coordination and StandardisationPossible Actionsxiii
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