Statistical Terms Glossary

Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year.

A revision of the terms of repayment of a debt obligation.

The cost of replacing an asset, in case it is damaged or destroyed.

See: current cost accounting

The total fertility rate at which women would have only enough children to replace themselves and their partner. According to this definition, the level of substitution equals the net reproductive rate of one true value and the total fertility rate is also used to denote fertility at the level of substitution. In more advanced countries such as the United States, the total fertility rate of 2.1 is the average at the replacement level.

The product chosen to replace a sampled product either because it has disappeared completely from the market or because its market share has fallen either in a specific establishment or in the market as a whole.

The ratio of an individual's (or a given population's (average) pension in a given time period and the (average) income in a given time period.

The portion of the retained catch reported as catch.

The live weight of fish retained as a useful product and reported at the time of landing.

The live weight of fish, e.g. used as bait, consumed by the crew or spoiled in handling.

In Bank for International Settlements (BIS) terminology, all those deposit-taking institutions (plus some non-deposit-taking financial institutions) that submit data to be included in the BIS International Banking Statistics.

The reporting unit is the unit that reports to the survey authority. It reports information for each of the observation units. In certain cases it may correspond to an observation unit. An example where it is not the same is where an accounting business reports data on behalf of a client business that is the actual subject of the survey.

A product [or item] selected for pricing within an elementary aggregate because purchases of the product account for a significant proportion of the total purchases of all products within the aggregate and/or because the price change for the product is close to the average for all products within the aggregate.

A concept that relates to individual products within the same basic heading and to the product list for a basic heading.

A term used to describe how characteristic a particular item is of the types of goods and services included in a basic heading.

Bias in a basket index that results from the use of quantities that are not representative of the two periods compared; that is, that systematically diverge from the average quantities consumed in the two periods. For example, representativity bias may result from the use of an old, out-of-date basket which deviates systematically from the baskets in both the periods compared. In practice, representativity bias tends to be similar to substitution bias, as it is attributable to the same economic factors.

Indicators, given by each country, marking those items that have been selected as representative items. Countries are expected to price their representative products and a selection of unrepresentative products - that is, products representative of other countries. When reporting prices, countries are required to identify which of the products they have priced are representative. They do this by assigning representativity indicators.

A state of physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. The term implies that people are able to have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this are the rights of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of the family planning method of their choice and the right to appropriate health-care services that enable women to safely go through pregnancy and childbirth.

Reproductive rights include the rights of all individuals and couples to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children, and to have the information and means to do so. Further, decisions concerning reproduction should be made free from discrimination, coercion and violence. These services are essential for all people, married and unmarried, including adolescents and youth. For people to realize their reproductive rights, they need access to reproductive and sexual health care in the context of primary health care. This should include a range of family planning; obstetrical and gynaecological care; prevention, care and treatment of STIs and HIV/AIDs; education and counselling on human sexuality and reproductive health; prevention and surveillance of violence against women and elimination of traditional harmful practices.

Refer to the activities needed to ensure the reproduction of society's labour force. This includes child bearing, rearing, and care for family members such as children, elderly and workers. These tasks are done mostly by women.

All the tasks associated with supporting and servicing the current and future workforce – those who undertake or will undertake productive work. It includes childbearing and nurture, but is not limited to these tasks.

A unilateral disclaiming of a debt instrument obligation by a debtor.

Repurchase (repo) rate is the interest rate paid at the time of the repurchase of the securities in a repurchase agreement