Organization of the database

The database is organized into nine subject areas, as follows:

• Population composition and distribution
• Learning and education
• Economic activity
• Households, marital status and fertility
• Health and health services
• Reproductive health and reproductive rights
• Public affairs and political participation
• Violence
• National product and expenditure

Each subject area contains a number of topics. Within each topic, data are available for at least one year or period. Most topics have data for four periods --- 1970, 1980, 1990 and latest available year. Some have data for only the latest available year; a few have projections up to the year 2010.