JRC Statistical audit of the Equal Measures 2030 SDG Gender Index 2022
The SDG Gender Index of Equal Measures 2030 is a multidimensional index that aligns to the normative framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and covers 56 gender issues in 14 of the 17 global goals in 144 countries across five regions of the world.
The European Commission’s Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (COIN) at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra was invited by the developers to audit the SDG Gender Index for the second time, following the statistical audit performed in the first edition of the Index . JRC-COIN aims to help ensure the transparency of the Index methodology and the reliability of its results. This JRC-COIN audit focuses on data quality, the statistical soundness of the multi-level structure of the Index, and the impact of key modelling assumptions on the results.
The analysis suggests that meaningful inferences can be drawn from the Index for the vast majority of countries. The SDG Gender Index (SDG-GI) is reliable and the framework has good statistical coherence. The Index’s ranks are shown to be representative of a plurality of scenarios, and robust to some methodological changes and the pillar weights. Even though the SDG-GI has good statistical properties, JRC-COIN has made some suggestions for possible refinements.
CAPERNA Giulio;
KOVACIC Matija;
PAPADIMITRIOU Eleni;
2022-03-21
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC128800
978-92-76-49351-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31016 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31016-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128800,
10.2760/993717 (online),
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