Mathematics Proficiency Index for Public Schools

HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3, Public schools measures inequality of access to essential education services. The Human Opportunities Index (HOI) is an economic indicator developed by the LAC Equity Lab that combines average access rates with distributional inequality across circumstance groups. The dataset focuses on mathematics proficiency in public schools.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between a child's gender and the HOI for mathematics proficiency.
• Model the influence of parents' education level on access to mathematics education services.
• Assess regional disparities in school location on the distribution of educational opportunities.
• Investigate correlations between a household wealth index and mathematics proficiency scores.
• Evaluate how father's occupation relates to inequality in access to essential education services.

Strengths

• Index incorporates multiple circumstance variables: gender, parents' education, region, father's occupation, and household wealth.
• Methodology captures both average access (coverage) and inequality of distribution for a service.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Geographic scope is not specified beyond a likely focus on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Provenance

Source

LAC Equity Lab, hosted by the World Bank.

Collection Method

Calculated index based on survey or administrative data capturing circumstances and access to services.

Geography

Likely Latin America and the Caribbean (inferred from LAC Equity Lab), but not explicitly stated.