Women and Men in the Caribbean Community

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Women and Men in the Caribbean CommunityCHARTS1.1 Women continue to outnumber men, but gap narrowing1.2 Slightly bigger changes in male than in female populations1.3 Wider variations among child populations, youth populations fairly stable2.1 Majority of adult women and men never been married2.2 Births to teenage girls slowly declining3.1 Women expected on average to live longer than men3.2 Fewer girls than boys die before their first birthday3.3 AIDS more prevalent among men than women3.4 Substantial declines in total fertility over two decades3.5 Maternal mortality ratios relatively low when births attended by skilled personnel4.1 Primary enrolment almost universal4.2 Gap between girls’ and boys’ enrolment wider at secondary level4.3 Girls more likely than boys to reach final grade in first cycle secondary4.4 More girls than boys making grade 1+2+3 passes in general proficiency examinations4.5 High concentration of women in primary level teaching4.6 Women, majority of registered students at University of the West Indies4.7 Most of the population aged 25 years and over attained less than secondary education4.8 Unemployment rate lower for men than women at all educational levels5.1 Latest increases in women’s activity rates substantial in most countries between 1990 and20005.2a Activity patterns corresponding to high women’s rates similar to men’s5.2b Activity patterns corresponding to lowest women’s rates distinct from men’s5.2c Mid-range activity patterns for women approaching the patterns for men5.3a Women’s activity patterns approaching men’s in some countries5.3b Women’s activity patterns continue to be highly differentiated from men’s in other countries5.4 Home duties the main activity of most non-economically active women5.5 Higher shares of economically active with low and no education among men than women5.6 Unemployment rates lower for men than women at all educational levels5.7 Paid employment more prevalent among women than men5.8 Services a major employer of women and to a lesser extent for men5.9 Trinidad and Tobago: overtime work more common with men than women in almost alloccupationsxviii
BOXES2.1 Classification of union status2.2 Definition of household3.1 Health status and risks among adolescents and young adults3.2 Deleterious consequences of early childbearing4.1 Importance of education highlighted in global conferences of the 1990s4.2 CARICOM indicators for policy direction and commitment4.3 The CARICOM plan for education reform4.4 Opportunities for tertiary education5.1 Implications of women’s dual responsibility for their economic activity5.2 Ranking inherent in the current international occupational classification5.3 Measuring part-time work5.4 Quality and completeness of income reporting in surveysxix
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