Private School Mathematics Proficiency Index for Latin America and the Caribbean

A Human Opportunities Index (HOI) dataset measuring access to essential education services. It quantifies inequality in achieving Mathematics Proficiency Level 3 for students in private schools, created by the LAC Equity Lab. The index incorporates circumstances like child's gender, parents' education, and household wealth.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlation between household wealth index and mathematics proficiency scores in private schools.
• Model the impact of father's occupation and region on the inequality component of the HOI.
• Compare the coverage rate of mathematics proficiency between circumstance groups defined by parents' education and child's gender.

Strengths

• Index is constructed from multiple circumstance variables: gender, parents' education, region, father's occupation, and wealth.
• Provides a standardized economic indicator for comparing inequality of opportunity across different groups.

Limitations

• Sample size and underlying row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability assessment.
• Specific temporal coverage and last update date are not provided, affecting analysis of trends.

Provenance

Source

LAC Equity Lab, World Bank

Collection Method

Calculated index based on survey data capturing access to essential services.

Geography

Latin America and the Caribbean (specific countries unknown)