Social Sustainability
Sex-Disaggregated Data
Data broken down by sex, revealing differences between women's and men's situations that averages conceal — a baseline requirement of gender-responsive policy.
Definition
Sex-disaggregated data is data collected, analysed and reported separately for women and men (and where relevant further broken down by age, location and other characteristics). It is the minimum standard for gender analysis: without it, differences in access to resources, services, work and risk remain statistically invisible. The SDG framework requires systematic disaggregation across indicators, and UN Women tracks data gaps across the goals.
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