Statistical Terms Glossary

The contingencies covered by the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130) include: (a) need for medical care of a curative nature and, under prescribed conditions, need for medical care of a preventive nature; (b) incapacity for work resulting from sickness and involving suspension of earnings, as defined by national legislation.

The contingencies covered by the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130) include: (a) need for medical care of a curative nature and, under prescribed conditions, need for medical care of a preventive nature; (b) incapacity for work resulting from sickness and involving suspension of earnings, as defined by national legislation.

Are programmes at the third level, first stage, of the type that lead to a first university degree or equivalent.

Number of students who have graduated in medicine from medical faculties or similar institutions, i.e., who have completed basic medical education in a given year.

Refers to the number of students enrolled or graduating at different levels of medical and health-related education. These levels are classified according to ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) developed by UNESCO, OECD, and EUROSTAT.

The medium scale fishery is generally understood to be a fishery undertaken by powered boats and with small or medium size capital.

A framework for integrating fiscal policy and budgeting over the medium-term by linking a system of aggregate fiscal forecasting to a disciplined process of maintaining detailed medium-term budget estimates by ministries reflecting existing government policies. Forward estimates of expenditures become the basis of budget negotiations in the years following the budget and the forward estimates are reconciled with final outcomes in fiscal outcome reports.

See Medium-term notes (MTNs)

These are debt instruments of usually one- to five year maturity issued in bearer form under a program agreement through one or more dealers. Once a program is set up, issues can be made quickly to take advantage of market conditions, with issues structured more closely to investors’ needs than in the public bond markets. Typically, the MTN market is not as liquid as the international bond market, so issuers may have to pay a higher interest rate.

Definition Megahertz is one million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (1, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64) can be manipulated at least one million times per second. A two-gigahertz clock (2 GHz) means at least two billion times. The "at least" is because multiple operations often occur in one clock cycle.

One megabit is equal to one million bits or 1,000 kilobits. While "megabit" sounds similar to "megabyte," a megabit is roughly one eighth the size of a megabyte (since there are eight bits in a byte). Mbps is used to measure data transfer speeds of high bandwidth connections, such as Ethernet and cable modems.

Unit of data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes.

A member of a producers’ cooperative is a person who holds a self-employment job in an establishment organized as a cooperative, in which each member takes part on an equal footing with other members in determining the organization of production, sales and/or other work, investments and the distribution of proceeds among the members. Note that employees of producers’ cooperatives are not to be classified as in this group but should be classified as employees. Members of informal cooperatives should be classified as employers or own-account workers, depending on whether or not they employ any employees on a continuous basis.

Series of separation processes using semi permeable membranes, which act as very specific filters letting water flow through while catching suspended solids and other substances.

A memory card or flash card is an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital contents. They are commonly used in many electronic devices, including digital cameras, mobile phones, laptop computers, MP3 players, and video game consoles. They are small, re-recordable, and they can retain data without power.

This term refers to the need to better understand the male side of gender relations. It involves understanding the masculine values and norms that society places on men’s behaviour, identifying and addressing issues confronting men and boys in the world of work, and promoting the positive roles that men and boys can play in attaining gender equality.

Studies grounded in men’s movements and the common goal, shared with feminists, of creating a partnership in the gender framework of the 1970s and challenging accepted notions of masculinity and femininity.

Programming that helps girls and women manage their monthly periods safely and with dignity, focusing on the fact that menstruation is a normal biological process and an important facet of reproductive health. Improving girls’ and women’s access to knowledge about menstruation and to appropriate and hygienic sanitary facilities and materials in schools and homes. Programmes may include addressing cultural taboos, increasing access to affordable and hygienic sanitary materials, facilitating disposal options,access to safe and private toilets and provision of clean water and soap for personal hygiene. Some practitioners are calling for MHM to be a separate SDG and considered a human right.

A state of wellbeing in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

A health condition characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behaviour associated with distress or interference with personal functions. Also known as mental illness, mental disorders, psychosocial disability.

Sheltered relationship that allows learning and experimentation to take place and personal potential and new skills to flourish through a process in which one person, the mentor, supports the career and development of another, the mentee, outside the normal superior–subordinate relationship.

See market-based menu approach.

See market-based menu approach.

Goods which add or subtract from the stock of material resources of a country by entering (imports) or leaving (exports) its economic territory. Goods simply being transported through a country (goods in transit) or temporarily admitted or withdrawn (except for goods for inward or outward processing) do not add to or subtract from the stock of material resources of a country and are not included in the international merchandise trade statistics. In many cases, a country's economic territory largely coincides with its customs territory, which is the territory in which the customs law of a country applies in full.