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Health > Births > Low birth weight (vs) People > Gender empowerment

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.505 (this correlation is weak)

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Variable: Health > Births > Low birth weight People > Gender empowerment
Plot Display: Logarithmic (base 10) Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition: Percentage of live births classified by the OECD as of low birth weight. Data generally for 2000; in some cases, data is for 1999, 1998, or, in the sole case of Belgium, 1997. Refer to the source for details. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). The GEM measures the participation of women and men in political decision-making. This index also has four indicators: female members of the Legislature, female participation in selected positions in public and private sector, female participation in academic and technical work, and estimated income. Both indexes are based on data collected by the UN and are processed to enable comparison.
Source: OECD Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002
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