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Accessibility page for The Gender Equality Index UK: what does gender equality look like in the UK today?

Author: Dr Caitlin Schmid
Institution: Kings College London, King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership

This page shows accessible versions of tables from the UK Data Service’s Case Study on the Gender Equality Index UK. You can return to reading the Case Study here

Figure 1 – Overview of domains, subdomains and indicators constituting the GEIUK

Domain  Subdomain  Indicator 
Paid Work  Employment  Employment rate 
Supervisors and professionals 
Quality of work  Progression opportunities 
Involvement in decision-making 
Unpaid Work  Care and domestic work  Daily childcare 
Weekly domestic work 
Money  Pay  Weekly median pay 
Not in low pay 
Home equity  Homeowners with a mortgage 
Power & Participation   Leadership  Company leadership 
Councillors 
Participation  Participation in civil society 
Voted in the general election 
Education  Qualifications  Level 4 qualifications or above 
Skills  English GCSE 
Maths GCSE 
Health  Life expectancy and 

good health 

Life expectancy 
Healthy life years 
Good health 

You can return to reading the Case Study here.

 

Figure 2 – Description of the types of gender equality found based on average demographic and socioeconomic variables

Type of gender equality  Prime parity  Equal erosion  Partial progress  Deep disparities 
Description  Highest gender equality and outcomes   High gender equality but poor outcomes   Moderate gender equality and outcomes  Low gender equality and poor outcomes 
Example local authority  Guildford, 
St Albans, 
Wandsworth  
Blackpool, 
Neath Port Talbot, 
Stoke-on-Trent 
Canterbury, 
Midlothian, 
South Somerset  
Bradford, 
Merthyr Tydfil, 
Derry City and Strabane 
Top regional concentration  South East, 
East of England,  
London 
North West, 
Wales, 
West Midlands 
South East, Scotland,
South West 
Yorkshire and the Humber, 
Wales, 
Northern Ireland 
Gender Equality Measure  High  High  Medium  Low 
Women’s Outcomes Measure  High  Low  Medium  Low 
Men’s Outcomes Measure  High  Low  Medium  Low 
Productivity  High  Low  Medium  Low 
Economic activity  High  Low  Medium  Low 
Deprivation  Low  High  Medium  High 

You can return to reading the Case Study here.