Reading Proficiency Index for Private Schools by Socioeconomic Circumstance
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Description
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.
The dataset specifically measures reading proficiency at 'Level 2' for private schools only; public school data is not included. The license terms are unspecified.