Reading Proficiency Index for Private Schools by Socioeconomic Circumstance

The Human Opportunities Index (HOI) measures inequality in access to essential services, specifically reading proficiency at Level 2 for private schools. It is calculated by the LAC Equity Lab, part of the World Bank, and considers circumstances including child's gender, parents' education, school region, father's occupation, and household wealth. The index combines the average access rate with the distributional inequality of the opportunity.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between household wealth index and reading proficiency Level 2 access rates.
• Model the influence of parents' education level on the inequality component of the HOI.
• Compare the gender of the child as a circumstance against regional school location effects on opportunity access.
• Assess how father's occupation interacts with other circumstances to affect the overall index value.

Strengths

• Index incorporates five specific circumstance variables: gender, parents' education, region, father's occupation, and wealth.
• Methodology distinguishes between overall coverage and the equality of distribution for a targeted service.

Limitations

• The exact sample size, row count, and geographic coverage for private schools are not specified.
• Data recency and update frequency are unknown, limiting analysis of temporal trends.

Provenance

Source

LAC Equity Lab at the World Bank

Collection Method

Calculated index based on survey data capturing access to reading proficiency and individual circumstances.

Geography

Likely focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, but specific countries are not stated.