Statistical Terms Glossary

Automatic correction method in which the least possible number of data items are changed, and the Fellegi-Holt model is used to determine acceptable sets of values or ranges for the items that
are imputed. Sequential or simultaneous imputation via cold deck or hot deck method may be applied.

Refers to assumptions and editing and imputation goals put forth by Fellegi and Holt in their 1976 Journal of the American Statistical Association paper. A key feature of the Fellegi-Holt model is that it shows that implied edits are needed to assure that a set of values in data fields that are not imputed always lead to final (imputed) records that satisfy all [cases].

In reference to assumptions and editing and imputation goals put forth by Fellegi and Holt in their 1976 Journal of the American Statistical Association paper. A key feature of the Fellegi-Holt model is that it shows that implied edits are needed to assure that a set of values in data fields that are not imputed always lead to final (imputed) records that satisfy all edits.

Biologically based references to the sex of a woman.

Is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

Intentional killing of a girl child due to the strong partiality for boys over girls by parents and communities.

An acronym that refers to someone who was assigned female sex at birth. It stands for Female-Assigned at Birth. This may also be expressed as Coercively Assigned Female at Birth (CAFAB).

Households where either no adult males are present, owing to divorce, migration, non-marriage, or widowhood; or where the men, although present, do not contribute to the household income.

The killing of females because they are females (Russell et al, 2001). It is known to prevail before the advent of Islam, serving the killing of female newborns, for fear of falling into captivity in the wars that arise between the tribes, staining the honor of the family and the tribe. This practice is still known in China but done for a different reason.

Those behaviors, languages and practices, existing in specific cultural and organizational locations, which are commonly associated with females and thus culturally defined as not masculine (Whitehead & Barrett, 2001). It indicates the qualities and characteristics that a female should have to be a "woman".-Such generalizations are based on beliefs rather than observations or proofs. “Feminine” qualities and characteristics change from one place to another and also by time, and differ according to age . Thus there are many definitions of femininity (or what a woman is) globally.

The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.

Studies that aim mainly to provide a scholarly understanding of women’s and girl’s situations, roles and options in societies and cultures.

Trend towards an increasing proportion of women amongst international migrant workers.

A series of phenomena within poverty affect men and women differently, resulting in poor women outnumbering poor men, women suffering more severe poverty than men, and female poverty displaying a more marked tendency to increase, largely because of the rise in the number of female-headed households.

A vessel operating a ferry service at sea or in inland waterways. (See Passenger ship)

A regular short service in the sea or inland waterways, between two ports, with or without intermediate calls. These operate either:
-        According to a published timetable; or
-        With crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizably systematic series.

The actual reproductive performance of an individual, a couple, a group, or a population (refers to actual number of children that would be born alive to the women during her childbearing).

Refers to the number of children that would be born per woman, assuming no female mortality at child bearing ages and the age-specific fertility rates of a specified country and reference period.

Fertilizers are organic or inorganic substances containing chemical elements that improve the growth of plants and the fertility of the soil. The percentage content of nutrients in organic fertilizers (manure’s) is relatively low.
In inorganic or mineral fertilizers, the nutrients are inorganic salts, obtained by extraction and/or physical and chemical processes. The three primary plant nutrients are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium

Substances that supply plants with nutrients or enhance plant growth, containing at least 5% of the three primary nutrients (N, P2O5 and K2O).

A submarine telecommunications cable linking the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait

Is a glass or plastic fiber that carries light along its length.

A cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed.

Is a 28,000-kilometer-long submarine communications cable containing optical fiber that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, and many places in between. The cable is operated by India's Flag Telecom, a fully-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications. The system runs from the eastern coast of North America to Japan.[1] Its Europe-Asia segment is the fourth longest[2] cable in the world.

Fiber to the x (FTTx) is a generic term for any broadband network architecture that uses optical fiber to replace all or part of the usual metal local loop used for last mile telecommunications. The generic term originated as a generalization of several configurations of fiber deployment (FTTN, FTTC, FTTB, FTTH...), all starting by FTT but differentiated by the last letter, which is substituted by an x in the generalization. Fiber-to-the-building or Fiber-to-the-basement - fiber reaches the boundary of the building, such as the basement in an multidwelling unit, with the final connection to the individual living space being made via alterative means.

Fiber-to-the-cabinet or fiber-to-the-curb - fiber is terminated in a street cabinet typically closer than 300m of the customer premises, with the final connection being copper.

This term is used in several contexts: as a blanket term for both FTTH and FTTB, or where the fiber network includes both homes and small businesses.