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TABLE C.2
Gender Parity Index of Secondary Gross Enrollment Rate, 1960–2003 Algeria Bahrain Djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep. of Iran, Islamic Rep. of Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Rep. Tunisia United Arab Emirates West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. of Average Standard deviation
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2001
2002
2003
0.67 – – 0.39 0.44 0.31 0.36 0.54 0.52 0.13 0.29 – – 0.01 0.28 0.26 – – – 0.35 0.18
0.50 – – 0.41 0.46 0.33 0.44 0.73 0.61 0.17 0.31 – – 0.14 0.30 0.39 – – – 0.40 0.17
0.41 0.72 0.37 0.49 0.51 0.43 0.57 0.81 0.68 0.23 0.42 – 0.72 0.26 0.39 0.38 0.32 – – 0.48 0.17
0.53 1.05 0.36 0.56 0.57 0.43 0.73 0.87 0.98 0.54 0.56 0.20 1.26 0.53 0.50 0.53 0.81 – – 0.65 0.27
0.65 0.83 0.57 0.63 0.62 0.50 0.91 0.90 0.93 0.71 0.61 0.33 1.05 0.64 0.62 0.60 0.88 – – 0.70 0.19
0.74 0.99 0.62 0.70 0.66 0.57 1.08 0.91 0.98 0.94 0.67 0.49 1.10 0.65 0.70 0.70 1.00 – – 0.79 0.19
0.81 1.03 0.66 0.79 0.75 0.64 1.04 0.98 1.07 1.01 0.73 0.81 1.06 0.80 0.73 0.79 1.21 – – 0.88 0.17
0.90 1.05 0.68 0.86 0.83 0.63 1.09 0.99 1.11 0.93 0.76 0.91 0.99 0.87 0.82 0.91 1.09 – 0.31 0.87 0.20
– 1.10 0.62 0.93 0.94 0.60 1.00 1.06 1.10 – 0.81 0.99 1.07 0.90 0.90 1.05 1.07 1.08 0.43 0.92 0.20
1.05 1.09 0.62 0.93 0.95 – 1.02 1.06 1.09 1.06 0.81 0.98 1.04 0.88 0.90 1.04 1.09 1.06 0.44 0.95 0.18
1.07 1.07 0.66 0.93 0.94 – 1.02 1.06 1.08 1.06 0.83 0.96 1.02 0.90 0.93 1.08 1.07 1.06 0.47 0.96 0.16
1.07 1.06 0.69 – 0.94 0.66 – 1.06 1.09 – 0.84 0.96 0.97 0.88 0.93 1.05 1.06 1.05 0.49 0.93 0.18
Sources: Calculated from the gross enrollment rates by gender collected for the report. (See the attached CD-ROM for the raw data.)