Guidelines for producing statistics on asset ownership from a gender perspective
By: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Division
Contributors: United Nations. Statistical Division
Series: Studies in methods. Series F -- no. 119; Studies in methods -- no. 119.
Publisher: United Nations; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2019
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9789211616378
Subjects: Right of property; Handbooks, manuals; Sex differences; Statistical methods; Assets (Accounting)
Description: This publication provides national statistical agencies with guidance on collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating individual-level data on asset ownership (including dwellings, land and financial assets) for the production of gender statistics related to three objectives: 1) measuring the gender asset gap, or the differential prevalence of women's and men's asset ownership; 2) measuring the gender wealth gap, or the share of total wealth held by women; and 3) in households where more than one member is interviewed, understanding how asset ownership and wealth are distributed, by sex, within households. The publication introduces the concepts, definitions and data requirements for measuring asset ownership and control from a gender perspective and provides guidance on planning, organizing and implementing a household survey, or appending a module on asset ownership to a nationally-representative household survey. It also presents a set of indicators for monitoring women's and men's ownership and control of physical and financial assets at global and national levels, and it explains how data analysis can be employed to answer policy-relevant questions on asset ownership.
Notes: "United Nations publication sales no. E.18. XVII.11"--Title page verso.

"...  prepared under the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) project, which is aimed at accelerating existing efforts to improve the capacity of countries to produce relevant and high-quality gender statistics ... prepared by a team in the Social and Gender Statistics Section of the Statistics Division, comprising Ionica Berevoescu, Haoyi Chen, Francesca Grum, Lauren Pandolfelli and Gulab Singh."--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (page 219-223).
Table of contents: title: Conceptual framework for measuring asset ownership from a gender perspective; title: Role of household surveys and other sources of data in collecting individual-level data on asset ownership and control; title: Guidance for implementation; title: Data processing, analysis and dissemination.