Gender Equality Statistics: 2015 Update

In May 2008, the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) published ‘Gender Equality Strategy: A Baseline Picture’, which provided data on a wide range of indicators on gender differences in Northern Ireland.  These indicators were selected to provide an overview of changes in the relative position of males and females across a range of policy areas, and to facilitate a review of the Gender Equality Strategy by providing a broad contextual picture and chart trends over time.  Update reports were produced in June 2011, July 2013 and August 2014.  This fifth report in the series was published in July 2015.  As with the previous reports, time series data are presented (where available) in order to give the reader a better insight into the long-term trends of the statistical indicators.  You can download a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of this report at: www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/gender-equality-stats-update-2015.pdf