Reading Proficiency Coverage Rates for Human Opportunities Index

Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 2 contains data on the coverage rate for childhood access to a specific reading proficiency level, a component of the Human Opportunities Index (HOI). The dataset is produced by the LAC Equity Lab, part of the World Bank. It focuses on measuring access to education opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Use Cases

• Analyze the coverage rate for reading proficiency Level 2 across different countries or regions.
• Use the coverage rate as an input for calculating the full Human Opportunities Index (HOI).
• Compare childhood access to this specific educational opportunity over time or between demographic groups.
• Study the relationship between reading proficiency coverage and other poverty or development indicators.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a standardized metric (coverage rate) used in the established Human Opportunities Index framework.
• Produced by the authoritative LAC Equity Lab at the World Bank, ensuring methodological rigor.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and temporal coverage is unknown.
• The coverage rate metric does not account for inequality of access between different circumstance groups, as noted in the description.

Provenance

Source

LAC Equity Lab, World Bank

Collection Method

Calculated as the childhood access rate for a specific opportunity (reading proficiency Level 2) for the Human Opportunities Index.

Geography

Latin America and the Caribbean (implied by LAC Equity Lab focus)