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Ch 9 KI 1 & 2
Term | Definition |
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Literacy Rate | The percentage of a country's people who can read and write |
Primary Sector | The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface, generally through agriculture, although sometimes by mining fishing and forestry |
Productivity | The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it |
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) | The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country |
Quaternary Sector | Service sector industries concerned with the collection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital. Examples include finance, administration, insurance, and legal services. |
Quinary Sector | Service sector industries that require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill. Examples include scientific research and high-level management. |
Secondary Sector | The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials |
Tertiary Sector | The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities, sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people, in exchange for payment |
Value Added | The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy |
Adolescent Fertility Rate | The number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
Female Labor Force Participation Rate | The percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home |
Gender Inequality Index (GII) | A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality |
Maternal Mortality Ratio | The number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births |