Gender Inequality in Families

The family code is the complex of formal and informal laws, customs, and traditions that constrain women’s economic participation. Arithmetic mean of early marriage, polygamy, inheritance and parental authority indicator (0=equality; 1=max inequality).

Reference: Jütting, J., Ch. Morrisson, J. Dayton-Johnson and D. Drechsler (2006): Measuring Gender (In)Equality - Introducing the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base, OECD Development Centre Working Paper No. 247.

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Country	Family Code Sub-Index
Uzbekistan	0.13
Venezuela	0.05
Viet Nam	0.27
Yemen	0.82
Zambia	0.74
Zimbabwe	0.63
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Family Code Sub-Index see all graphs Max 0.91 Avg 0.269673 Min 0.0 Sum 41.26 Std Dev 0.30

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