Statistical Terms Glossary

Paradata, contains information about the primary data collection process (e.g., survey duration ,number of call backs,…etc).

Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. These waxes are residues extracted when dewaxing lubricant oils, and they have a crystalline structure with carbon number greater than 12. Their main characteristics are that they are colourless, odourless and translucent, with a melting point above 45 degrees C.

Cofinancing, but with the partners financing different parts of the project.

When a product made legally (i.e. not pirated) abroad is imported without the permission of the intellectual property right-holder (e.g. the trademark or patent owner). Some countries allow this, others do not.

Market operating in "parallel" to the main money market (e.g., bank current and savings accounts) and including interbank loans and negotiable certificates of deposit.

This includes lab technicians assistance pharmacist x-ray technicians.

Any piece of land of one land tenure type, entirely surrounded by other land, water, road, forest or other features not forming part of the holding or forming part of the holding under a different land tenure type.

A parcel (or plot) of land is an area of land with a particular ownership, land use, or other characteristic. A parcel is frequently used as the basis for a cadastre or land registration system. The basic spatial unit in a cadastre is known as a parcel. A parcel can be defined in many ways depending on the purpose of the cadastre. For instance, an area with a particular type of land use may be considered a parcel in some systems; in others it is defined as an area exclusively controlled or owned by an individual or group of individuals (e.g. family or corporation). In some systems a property may consist of several parcels of land which may be distributed over a small region such as a village. The flexibility in the definition makes it possible to adapt the cadastral system to particular needs and thus also to adapt the cost of the registration. If, for instance, the purpose is mainly to protect the ongoing traditional land use, larger parcels representing common interests can be defined as the basis for the system.; Part or whole of a field on which a specific crop or crop mixture is grown.

A Parent is a company which owns or operates a number of other companies, known as subsidiaries. A parent firm can be a holding company but it loses that status if it actively operates its subsidiaries.

See: Control

The concept of a parent corporation is symmetrical to the concept of subsidiary corporation. Corporation A is the parent corporation of corporation B (which is then a subsidiary of A): either if A holds the legal power to control B, i.e., if A holds the majority of the shareholders' or associates voting rights of B (including cases where A holds a majority of voting rights pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders), or if A has the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board members of B, or if A has the right to exercise a dominant influence pursuant to a contract or a provision in the articles of association (German law provides for such contracts or clauses), or if nobody holds the legal power to control B, but A has effective control over B, i.e., there is a presumption of a participating interest of A in B through the ownership by A of 20 % or more of the capital of B, and A actually exercises a dominant influence over B, or B is managed on a unified basis by A

A parent corporation is one which controls more than half of the shareholders’ voting power in another corporation or is a shareholder in another corporation, with the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors of that corporation.

Bank in a major industrial country that sets up a subsidiary in a developing country.

Parental leave is long-term leave available to parents to allow them to take care of an infant or young child a period of time. This is usually granted in addition to maternity/paternity leave.

Rights and obligations of parents concerning their children.

Pareto efficiency, also referred to as allocative efficiency, occurs when resources are so allocated that it is not possible to make anyone better off without making someone else worse off.

See Pareto efficiency

Clause in loan agreement precluding subordination of the loan to other debt. In the issue of new shares, it states that the new shares will rank equally for dividend with an existing similar issue.

Aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

The Paris Club is a forum of official creditors for negotiating debt restructuring. It is an informal intergovernmental group convened to renegotiate debts to official creditors.

Treaty, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), for the protection of industrial intellectual property, i.e. patents, utility models, industrial designs, etc.

Concept and a goal that aims to acknowledge the equal value of women and men, rendering visible the equal dignity of women and men and establishing social organisations in which women and men actually share rights and responsibilities, are liberated from pre-determined spaces and functions engendered by prejudices and gender stereotyping, and fully enjoy equality and freedom in their participation at every level and in every sphere.

Full integration of women, on an equal footing with men, at all levels and in all areas of the workings of a democratic society, by means of multidisciplinary strategies.

Refers to equivalent percentages of males and females in an education system (relative to the population per age group). Parity is essential but not sufficient for achieving gender equality.

Achieving the goal of equal participation of women and men, a 50/50 participation rate is generally considered as the parity objective.

Legislative or deliberative assembly. One or more chambers that form (or form part of) the legislature of a country. The term may also be applied to multinational legislative bodies.

A job in which a person works less than 35 hours during the usual week unless the number of usual work hours is less than 35. In addition, a job is a part time job if the hours worked by a person were less than usual work hours in such job.