Statistical Terms Glossary

The age of the individual in years at the time of his/her actual marriage.

The ratio of people who are less than 15 years old and people 65 years or older to people who are 15-64 years old.

A general tendency to misreport a preferred number as one’s age or to round one’s age to a number ending with the digits 0 or 5.

The completed age in years of the person enumerated, which is the difference between the date of birth and the survey reference period.

Years since first registration of a railway vehicle, irrespective of the country of registration.

Length of time after the first registration of the road vehicle, irrespective of the registering country.

The number of complete years lived at the end of the year in question.

Enrolment of a specific single age enrolled, irrespective of the level of education, as a percentage of the population of the same age.

Age-dependency ratios are a measure of the age structure of the population. They relate the number of individuals that are likely to be “dependent” on the support of others for their daily living – youths and the elderly – to the number of those individuals who are capable of providing such support.

The age-efficiency profile of an asset describes the change (usually the decline) in the efficiency of an asset as it ages. Efficiency in this context refers to the asset's ability to produce a quantity of capital services for a given amount of inputs

Fee paid to the lead manager in a Euroloan for his work in collecting and paying out interest payments and other services.

Securities issued by a U.S. federal agency.

Is a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform package proposed by the European Commission in 1998. After a number of modifications, the European Union Heads of State agreed to a package of reforms in March 1999.

Agenda 21 is the plan of action to achieve sustainable development that was adopted by the world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992

1. Bank acting for a foreign bank; 2. Bank handling administration of loan in a syndicated credit

The age-price profile shows the loss in value of a capital good as it ages, or the pattern of relative prices for different vintages of the same (homogenous) capital good

The composition of a population as determined by the number or proportion of males and females in each age category. The age-sex structure of a population is the cumulative result of past trends in fertility, mortality, and migration. Information on age-sex composition is essential for the description and analysis of many other types of demographic data.

The composition of a population as determined by the number or proportion of males and females in each age category. The age-structure of a population is the cumulative result of past trends in fertility, mortality, and migration rates. Information on age-sex composition is an essential prerequisite for the description and analysis of demographic data.

Age-specific mortality rates can be obtained to compare deaths at different ages or to compare the change in deaths for the same age group over time.

The number of births during a time period, ( usually a year ) , occurring to women of a specified age group divided by the number of women in the population of the same age group expressed as person - years.

Number of births to women in a particular age group, divided by the number of women in that age group. The age groups used are 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44 and 45-49. The data refer to five-year periods running from 1 July of the initial year to 30 June of the final year.

Rate obtained for specific age groups (for example, age-specific fertility rate, death rate, marriage rate, illiteracy rate, or school enrollment rate)

An increase in the price of food that occurs as a result of increased demand from human consumption and use as an alternative energy resource. While the competitive nature of retail supermarkets allows some of the effects of agflation to be absorbed, the price increases that agflation causes are largely passed on to the end consumer. The term is derived from a combination of the words "agriculture" and "inflation".

A set of transactions relating to a defined flow of goods and services, such as the total output produced by resident establishments in a given period, or the total purchases of intermediate inputs made by resident establishments in a given period. The term “aggregate” also is used to mean the value of the specified set of transactions.

Data collected on this basis show the total transactions made by respondents during specified reporting periods, such as information obtained through enterprise surveys.

Is the indicator on which the domestic support discipline for the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture is based. It is determined by calculating a market price support estimate for each commodity receiving such support, plus non-exempt direct payments or any other subsidy not exempted from reduction commitments, less specific agricultural levies or fees paid by producers.