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Contents Foreword .................................................................................................... xi Preface ...................................................................................................... xiii Abbreviations ........................................................................................ xvii PART I: Introducing ADePT Gender Software ......................................... 1 Chapter 1 Applying a Household-Centered Framework to Gender Analysis ........ 3 Framework ...........................................................................................................4 What This Manual Does and How to Use It ...................................................10 Notes ..................................................................................................................12 References ..........................................................................................................13 Chapter 2 Working with ADePT Software............................................................... 17 Conventions Used in This Chapter .................................................................18 Installing ADePT ..............................................................................................18 Launching ADePT ............................................................................................19 Overview of the Analysis Procedure.................................................................20 Specifying Datasets ............................................................................................21 Mapping Variables ............................................................................................23 Selecting Tables and Graphs ............................................................................26 Generating the Report ......................................................................................29 v Contents Examining the Output ......................................................................................30 Working with Variables ....................................................................................30 Setting Parameters ............................................................................................36 Working with Projects ......................................................................................36 Adding Standard Errors or Frequencies to Outputs .........................................37 Applying If-Conditions to Outputs ..................................................................38 Generating Custom Tables ...............................................................................39 Note ...................................................................................................................41 Chapter 3 Data Preparation ...................................................................................... 43 Household Surveys ............................................................................................45 Main Variables ..................................................................................................47 Outcome Variables ............................................................................................55 Parameters .........................................................................................................77 Notes ..................................................................................................................79 References ..........................................................................................................82 PART II: Producing a Country Gender Diagnostic .................................87 Chapter 4 How to Interpret the Results of the Country Gender Diagnostic ....... 89 Demographic and Regional Characteristics .....................................................91 Human Capital ................................................................................................104 Economic Opportunities .................................................................................114 Country Context: Voice, Agency, and Participation ....................................132 Notes ................................................................................................................140 References ........................................................................................................141 Chapter 5 Technical Notes for the Country Gender Diagnostic ..........................145 Household Labor