Female Educational Attainment for Ages 35-39

Barro-Lee data provides average years of total schooling for females aged 35-39 across countries. The dataset is compiled by Education Statistics researchers using census and survey data. It tracks educational attainment over time for a specific demographic cohort.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in female educational attainment over time using the 'year' and 'average_years_of_schooling' fields.
• Compare gender gaps in education by joining with male cohort data using 'country' and 'year' keys.
• Model the relationship between female education levels and economic development indicators.
• Assess progress towards educational equity goals for specific age cohorts.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized metric (average years of schooling) for international comparison.
• Focuses on a specific, economically active age cohort (35-39).
• Data is derived from authoritative census and survey sources.

Limitations

• Data granularity is limited to a single metric per country-year, lacking individual-level details.
• Updates may be infrequent, relying on periodic census collections.
• Coverage for some countries or years may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

Education Statistics (likely within the World Bank).

Collection Method

Aggregated from national census data and household surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Global, country-level coverage.