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Nordic Gender Equality statistics –

Nordic example of a cooperation project

Marjut Pietiläinen, Statistics Finland

Annemette Lindhardt Olsen, Statistics Denmark

This presentation

• gives an overview on the Nordic cooperation project

• why and how it was done

• some examples of similarities and differences

between Nordic countries

• what kind of benefit was reached

• gives an inspiring example of the fruitful cooperation

between countries

1 June 2016 Marjut Pietiläinen & Annemette Lindhardt Olsen 2

Project

• Initialised and partly funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers

• Started in the summer 2014 and ended in the autumn 2015

• The project group consisted of the gender statistics focal points of

the Nordic statistical offices

• Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

• Denmark took the leading role of the group

• Meetings, online discussions and documents

• Two parts:

1. “Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015”

2. Indicators for the Gender Equality web pages at norden.org

• Basis for both of these parts was the Nordic Database


The first part of the project:

Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015

• http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:790696/FULLTEXT02.pdf

• Launched at the UN women’s conference in NY in March 2015

• The aim was to utilise already collected data:

• Nordic Statistics database, UNECE database, NOSOSCO,

NOMESCO, Eurostat, OECD, European Commission

database on men and women in decision making

• Only few data were collected directly from Nordic statistical

offices

• the contents of the publication do not necessarily reflect the views,

policies or recommendations of the Nordic Council of Ministers


http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:790696/FULLTEXT02.pdf



The first part of the project: “Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015”


The second part of the project:

Indicators for the Gender Equality Web pages (1/2)

• As in with the work with the indicators in the publication, the task

was to examine if such indicators were available as harmonised

way

• Firstly in the Nordic Database

• Secondly in any of the international databases

• In some cases, the data existed in the Nordic Database but

needed some extra details were needed for them to be used for

the gender indicators

• In other cases the data had to be found in other international

databases. In these cases the project group

• Defined an alteration of existing tables in the Nordic Database

• Defined a new table for the Nordic Database


The second part of the project:

Indicators for the Gender Equality Web pages

(2/2)

• In the end the project group presented a set of 35 indicators with

the related database tables and their graphic presentations in

July 2015

• The Nordic Council of Ministers wrote the text for the indicators

and set up the webpage, which was launched in October 2015

• The indicators are available in all Nordic languages and in

English

• http://www.norden.org/en/fakta-om-norden-1/gender-equality-indicators


http://www.norden.org/en/fakta-om-norden-1/gender-equality-indicators












The second part of the project: the gender equality web pages at norden.org

http://www.norden.org/

Fertility rate in the Nordic countries in 2013


1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.5

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Åland

Sweden

Iceland

Greenland

Faroe Islands

Estimated number of children per woman

Parents’ age at the birth of the first child in

the Nordic countries in 2013

29

29

27

29

29

31

31

30

31 32

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

Age

Mothers age Fathers age


Source: Nordic Statistical Institutes

Share of daily cash benefit days taken by men at

pregnancy, childbirth and adoption, %

4 4

0

6

10

6 4

3

7

14

6 6

33

9

21

8 7

32

15

24

10 9

29

21

25

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

%

1995 2000 2005 2010 2013


Note: Sweden: Data for 2013 refers to 2012.

Source: Nordic statistics database

Children in day-care by reporting country,

age and unit, %

67

97

64

93

27

74

31

92

58

97

55

98

57

97

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

0-2 years 3-5 years

%

Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Åland Iceland Norway Sweden


Note: Norway 2012


Employment rate in the Nordic Countries in

2013, %


70

82

65 68

75 80

73 72

58

75

88

68 69 72

84

77 76

69

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Denmark FaroeIslands

Greenland Finland Åland Iceland Norway Sweden EU27

%

Women Men

Source: Nordic Statistics Database

Part-time employment, people aged 15 to 64, %

35

15

19

9

30

10

39

14

37

13

32

9

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Women Men

%

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden EU28



Board members of larger publicly listed

companies in 2014, %

24

29

45

38

28

20

76

71

55

62

72

80

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden EU28

%

Women Men



Benefits of the cooperation project

• Close cooperation between Nordic gender statistics focal points

• A perfect way to learn and get inspired from each other

• Gathered Nordic gender statistics data in one place

• The data are now easily available to a larger audience and

help for example, policy makers

• Data are useful for everyone who seeks reliable and

comparable data on gender equality in the Nordic countries

• Spread knowledge of the work on Nordic gender equality

• Helped create networks and knowledge sharing between the

Nordic gender statistics and other stakeholders in gender equality

work


Marjut Pietiläinen marjut.pietilainen(at)stat.fi

Annemette Lindhardt Olsen ALO(at)dst.dk

UNECE Gender Statistics Work Session, Vilnius 2 June 2016

Documents

Nordic Gender Equality statistics Nordic example of a ......• Started in the summer 2014 and ended in the autumn 2015 ... • Two parts: 1. “Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015”