Statistical Terms Glossary

See Payments by households to obtain certain licences.

Also known as a permit, a license or permit is a document authorising the taking of fish according to the terms established by the regulating authority.

Licensing refers to granting legal permission to do something, such as produce a product. The license confers a right which the person or firm did not previously possess. Some licenses are granted free of charge, but most require payment. Licenses are legal agreements which may contain restrictions as to how the license is employed.

The average additional number of years a person would live if current mortality trends were to continue. Life expectancy is commonly measured at the time of birth.

The average number of years that a newborn could expect to live if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory or geographical area.

The average number of years of life expected by a hypothetical cohort of individuals if subject throughout their lives to the mortality rates of a given period, expressed in years.

The period of time for which an asset is expected to remain in use. For natural resources this is often calculated as the stock divided by the average annual (net) extraction rate.

Expression used in one of the following ways, sometimes combining some of the categories: 1- often used to capture skills such as problem-solving, working in teams, networking, communicating, negotiating, etc. Their generic nature - their importance throughout life, in varying contexts - is held in common with literacy skills… These generic skills are seldom, if ever, acquired in isolation from other skills; 2- …also used to refer to skills needed in daily life that are strongly connected to a certain context. Examples are livelihood skills, health skills, skills related to gender and family life, and environmental skills. These can be termed 'contextual skills', while accepting that skills are in practice never purely contextual or purely generic…; 3- also used in the school context…to refer to any subject matter other than language or mathematics…; 4 there are other miscellaneous skills being referred to as life skills, such as cooking, making friends and crossing the street.

A statistical table that describes the risk of dying between birth and life’s end by exact age intervals.

The tenancy of one with a life estate.

Biological or ecological characteristics of particular species relating to different developmental stages or reproduction.

A life—support system is part of an ecosystem that determines the existence, abundance and evolution of a particular population. The term frequently refers to the functions of natural systems essential to human survival, including the provision of oxygen, food, water and so forth

Refers to the number of children ever born alive during the entire reproductive period of the woman.

See Last-in-first-out

Irrigation systems where pumps are used for water supply. All the system or part of a system is operated using, fully or partly, an artificial pressure for ensuring the conveyance of water, its delivery or distribution in the fields. It includes both power irrigated area (mechanical pumps) and areas where water is pumped with human- or animal-driven water lifting devices.

A machine for transporting vessels between water at two different elevations.

Goods road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 3 500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods.

A rail line mainly for urban transport of passengers often electrified. Stations/halts are generally less than 1 200 m apart.

Tractive railway vehicle with a power of less than 110 kW at the draw hook (coupler).

Rail vehicle designed for use on a light rail line.

Defined as non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific value of less than 4 165 kJ/kg (17.4 GJ/t).

The average of London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and London Interbank Bid Rate (LIBID).