gender_development_index {genderstat}R Documentation

Gender Development Index (GDI)

Description

Computes the Gender Development Index (GDI) based on the given dataset. The GDI measures gender disparities in three dimensions of human development: health, education, and standard of living.

Usage

gender_development_index(data)

Arguments

data

A data frame containing the required metrics for GDI computation. The data frame must include the following columns: female_life_expectancy, male_life_expectancy, female_mean_schooling, male_mean_schooling, female_gni_per_capita, and male_gni_per_capita.

Value

A data frame containing the GDI values for each country, along with the individual HDI values for females and males.

Examples

data(real_data_GDI) # Load example dataset
gdi_results <- gender_development_index(real_data_GDI)
print(gdi_results)


[Package genderstat version 0.1.5 Index]