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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
Making data meaningful
through effective visual
presentation
Usage of statistical data
for gender analysis
Who are you talking to?
Tourists
Harvesters
Miners
clear and
simple
message
Perception and Symbology –
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Table A. Economic activity rate by age
group and sex, Nigeria, 1987
(percentage)
Age group
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65+
Women
1.8
13.8
27.0
33.3
36.5
47.5
52.0
62.2
64.1
58.4
42.0
30.6
Men
4.0
31.5
62.0
92.0
97.8
98.9
98.7
99.2
97.5
97.9
79.4
50.0
Source: Calculated from International Labour Office,
Year Book of Labour Statistics, 1993 (Geneva, 1993),
table 1. p.15
Economic activity rate of women peaks about
25 years later than men's
(Nigeria, 1987)
100
Men
80
Percentage
economically active
60
Women
40
20
0
1014
1519
2024
2529
3034
3539
4044
Age in years
4549
5054
5559
6064
65+
Tables, graphs or
maps?
Tables
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Follow a style guide
Title, source, headings, footnotes
Clear headings
Sort data in appropriate order
One decimal place
Right-justify numbers
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Source: Statistics Canada
Final energy consumption by sector - Percentages
Transport
Residential
Industry
Agriculture
Services
Total
1980
27.83
31.15
31.59
n/a
9.63
100
1985
27.94
33.96
27.25
n/a
11.76
100
1990
28.26
30.41
23.95
3.53
14.90
100
1995
31.14
27.66
22.12
3.75
15.58
100
2000
36.85
24.33
21.45
3.12
14.49
100
2002
39.54
23.73
19.56
2.92
14.42
100
2003
39.10
24.01
18.85
2.83
15.35
100
Share of total energy consumption, by sector
Ireland
2003
2002
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
Percent
Transport
Residential
Industry
Services
39.1
39.5
36.8
31.1
28.2
27.9
27.8
24.0
23.7
24.3
27.6
30.4
33.9
31.1
18.8
19.5
21.4
22.1
23.9
27.2
31.5
15.3
14.4
14.4
15.5
14.0
11.0
9.6
1
Total
2.8
2.9
3.1
3.7
3.5
n/a
n/a
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Agriculture
Source: Department of Public Enterprise, Ireland.
1 Information on energy consumption by the agricultural sector was not collected until 1990.
Graphics for showing differences
between women and men
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Box plots
Stacked bar graph
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Age
Mean Age at First Marriage in Selected Countries:
Circa 1995
Male
Female
United
States
Vietnam
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Burkina
Faso
China
Congo
Guatemala
Indonesia
Japan
Mexico
Paraguay
Saudi
Arabia
Swaziland
Source: United Nations, 1995.
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Age
Mean Age at First Marriage in Selected Countries:
Circa 1995
Male
Female
United
States
Vietnam
35
30
25
20
15
Burkina
Faso
S our c e : U ni t e d N a t i ons, 19 9 5 .
China
Congo
Guatemala
Indonesia
Japan
Mexico
Paraguay
Saudi
Arabia
Swaziland
Men marry later than women
Difference in Mean Age at First Marriage Between Men
and Women in Selected Countries: Circa 1995
9.6
Difference in years
5.1
4.2
3.7
3.4
3.5
3.9
3.0
2.7
2.4
1.9
1.3
Burkina
Faso
China
Congo
Guatemala Indonesia
Japan
Mexico
Paraguay
Saudi
Arabia
Swaziland
United
States
Vietnam
Source: United Nations, 1995.
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Men marry later than women
Difference in Mean Age at First Marriage Between Men
and Women in Selected Countries: Circa 1995
9.6
Difference in years
5.1
4.2
3.9
3.7
3.5
3.4
3.0
2.7
2.4
1.9
1.3
Burkina
Faso
Congo
Source: United Nations, 1995.
Paraguay
Saudi
Arabia
Indonesia
Mexico
Japan
Guatemala
China
Swaziland
United
States
Vietnam
avoid using
3D graphs
Economic activity rate of women peaks about
25 years later than men's
(Nigeria, 1987)
100
Men
80
Percentage
economically active
60
Women
40
20
0
1014
1519
2024
2529
3034
3539
4044
Age in years
4549
5054
5559
6064
65+
Maps
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Title
Legend
Scale bar
Source
Footnotes
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Summary
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Visual presentations are tools to
communicate
Use whatever is best for the audience
and message
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Tourists
Harvesters
Miners
clear and
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message
Usage of statistical data
for gender analysis