Statistical Terms Glossary

Unreported fishing refers to fishing activities: (1) which have not been reported, or have been misreported, to the relevant national authority, in contravention of national laws and regulations; or (2) undertaken in the area of competence of a relevant regional fisheries management organization which have not been reported or have been misreported, in contravention of the reporting procedures of that organization.

The live weight of fish not reported at the time of landing for whatever reason.

Procedures for terminating a pregnancy performed either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking the basic medical and standard sanitary conditions, or both.

A sea service other than a scheduled sea service.

Any movement of a seagoing vessel at sea.

An investment that is not yet fully producing.

Is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk.

Untied aid is Official Development Assistance for which the associated goods and services may be fully and freely procured in substantially all countries

Materials which are extracted by economic activities but that do not normally serve as input for production or consumption activities (mining overburden, etc.). They are not used for further processing and are usually without economic value.

Reverse a securities transaction through an offsetting transaction.

The university enrolled 16,384 undergraduate and 17,024 graduate students and awarded 4,676 bachelor's and 5,380 advanced degrees in 2007. USC's four year, full-time undergraduate program is classified as "more selective, higher transfer-in" by the Carnegie Foundation and was ranked 26th among national universities by U.S. News & World Report, which classified it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 21% of the 35,809 who applied for freshman admission in 2008.

A conventional line specially upgraded to allow traffic at speeds of the order of 200 km/h for the main segments.

Upper body functioning includes arms functioning, that is, raising a two liter bottle from waist to eye level captures aspects of the strength and coordination of arm and shoulder functioning and the ability of the hand/fingers to grip and hold, and hands and fingers functioning, that is, picking up small objects or opening or closing containers captures the fine motor aspects of hand and finger coordination, dexterity, strength and movement.

An index constructed from elementary or lower-level indices. Weights are used to combine them.

Programmes at ISCED level 3, or ‘upper secondary’ education, are typically designed to complete secondary education in preparation for tertiary education, or to provide skills relevant to employment, or both. Programmes at this level offer students more varied, specialised and in-depth instruction than programmes at lower secondary education (ISCED level 2). They are more differentiated, with an increased range of options and streams available.

In the context of the Paris Club, countries not considered lower-middle-income or low-income countries. These countries receive non-concessional rescheduling terms, originally with flat repayment schedules, but in the 1990s increasingly with graduated payment schedules that have a maturity of up to 15 years and a grace period of 2–3 years for commercial credits. Official development assistance credits are rescheduled over 10 years, including a grace period of 5–6 years. The World Bank classifies as upper-middle income those countries with GNP per capita income of between $2,996 and $9,265 in 2000.