Female Secondary Schooling Years for Ages 15-19

Average years of secondary schooling completed among females aged 15-19. The dataset is produced by Education Statistics, likely as part of the Barro-Lee educational attainment project. The temporal and geographic coverage is not specified.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in female secondary education completion rates over time using the year column.
• Compare female educational attainment across different countries using the country or region identifier.
• Model the relationship between female schooling years and economic development indicators.
• Assess progress towards gender parity in education by comparing this female-specific series with male data.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific demographic group (females aged 15-19) for clear analysis.
• Provides a standardized metric (average years of schooling) for cross-country comparison.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown.
• Specific columns, time range, and geographic coverage are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Education Statistics, associated with the Barro-Lee project.

Collection Method

Calculated from census/survey data on educational attainment.