Statistical Terms Glossary

Practices harmful to women and girls that are grounded in discrimination and associated with ‘tradition’.

A cumulative body of knowledge, know-how, practices and representations maintained and developed by peoples with long histories of interaction with their natural environment.

Refer to customs duties and agricultural duties.

The movement of a road vehicle for which the gross-gross weight of goods carried including that of equipment such as containers, swap bodies and pallets is nil; and the movement of motor-coaches, buses, trolleybuses and trams without any passengers.
Note: The movement of a road vehicle carrying empty equipment such as containers, swap bodies and pallets is not considered as an empty journey.

 The number of vehicles per kilometre of paved roads (number of vehicles  / lengths of roads). 

Illicit and clandestine movement of persons across national and international borders with the end goal of forcing women and girl-children into sexually or economically oppressive and exploitative situations for the profit of recruiters, traffickers, crime syndicates as well as other illegal activities related to trafficking such as forced domestic labour, false marriage, clandestine employment and forced adoption.

Goods road vehicles designed to be hauled by a road motor vehicle. Excluding agricultural trailers and caravans.

One or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point, including a light engine, i.e. a locomotive travelling on its own.

Front-to-front or front-to-end impacts between two trains or (side) impacts between one train and part of another train within the loading gauge, or a train impacting with any of the following:
- Shunting movements;
- Fixed objects such as buffer stops;
- Objects temporarily present at or near the track (except at level-crossings), such as rocks, landslides, trees, lost parts of railway vehicles, road vehicles and machines or equipment for track maintenance.

Railway establishment used for loading and unloading of passengers and/or goods, for formation, dispatch, reception and temporary stabling of trains and/or for stabling and marshalling of rolling stock.
Note: Sometimes also referred to as rail or railway station.

Are persons admitted by a country other than their own to acquire particular skills through on-the-job training. Foreign trainees are therefore allowed to work only in the specific institution or establishment providing the training and their length of stay is usually restricted.

Education designed to achieve particular learning objectives, especially in vocational education. The definition of education in ISCED includes training.

According to the UN Women Training Centre “it is a transformative process that aims to provide knowledge, techniques and tools to develop skills and changes in attitudes and behaviours. It is a continuous, long-term process that requires political will and commitment of all parties (decision makers and participants) in order to create an inclusive, aware and competent society to promote gender equality.”

Is training supported for reasons of labour market policy other than the need to help the unemployed and those at risk. Most frequently, grants to enterprises for staff training in general.

Unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre.

Operationally indivisible composition of railcar(s) and railcar trailer(s) or locomotive(s) and passenger railway vehicle(s).

Passenger road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver), which is connected to electric conductors or powered by diesel engine and which is rail-borne.

Passenger or freight road vehicle designed for use on a tramline.

A railway mainly installed on and integrated into the urban road system. The tramcars are powered either electrically or by diesel engine, particularly for special rail borne road vehicles.

Passenger or freight road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver) or to transport freight, which is rail borne and connected to electric conductors or powered by diesel engine. The tramway is generally integrated into the urban road system.

Line of communication made up by a pair of rails designed for use by trams (street-cars).

Passenger vehicle designed for combined use on both a light-rail infrastructure and a heavy-rail infrastructure.

Certificate of deposit representing a share in a program of certificate of deposit issues by a bank.

See Collaterised mortgage obligation (CMO).