Statistical Terms Glossary

They are implementing innovative, locally owned and sustainable approaches to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women in public spaces.

A birth that occur by a qualified person.

Water piped into the dwelling or yard, a public tap, a tube, a well or borehole with pump, a protected well or spring or rainwater.

Water that does not contain harmful bacteria, toxic materials, or chemicals, and is considered safe for drinking.; Water with microbial, chemical and physical characteristics that meet WHO guidelines or national standards on drinking water quality.

Emergency, transitional or permanent shelter/housing that is confidentially located to respond to critical situations, usually related to domestic violence.

Concept and conditions for ensuring that women receive the appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period, including family planning and emergency obstetric care.

A traditional family planning method. This method rely on the duration and time of menstrual cycle.

Rate of surface-water diversion or groundwater extraction from a basin for consumptive use over an indefinite period of time that can be maintained without producing negative effects.; The annual extraction from a groundwater unit which will not, or does not, produce a negative effect.; The attainment and maintenance of a long-term balance between the amount of ground water withdrawn annually and the annual amount of recharge.

Amount of water (in general, the long term average amount) which can be withdrawn from the groundwater basin or surface water system without causing undesirable results. This concept concerns mostly groundwater ( flow extractable without over exploitation). For the rivers, it is more common to speak about reserved flow ( reservation constraint for the environment).

Action taken to protect a specific industry from an unexpected build-up of imports — governed by Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994.

Are mechanisms for integration of environmental and social issues into decision making

Salaries means the gross salaries of educational personnel, before deduction of taxes, contributions for retirement or health care plans, and other contributions or premiums for social insurance or other purposes.

Sales measures gross operating revenues less rebates, discounts, and returns. Sales should be measured exclusive of consumption and sales taxes on consumers, as well as value added taxes.

Firm or individual carrying out the sale of securities.

Salinity refers to the salt content of environmental media

Prevention of salt water contamination of agricultural water supplies or reducing alkaline salts and preventing deterioration of cultivable lands.

The accumulation of soluble salts at the surface or at some point below the surface of the soil that have negative effects on plant growth and/or on soils.; Process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil.

Irrigated area affected by salinization, including formerly irrigated land abandoned because of declining productivity caused by salinization. It does not include naturally saline areas. In general, each country has its own definition of salinized area.

Finfish of the family Salmonidae, which includes many commercially farmed species such as the salmons, trouts and chars. In general salmonid fish are found in temperate climates and in clean, oligotrophic waters. All of the species breed in freshwater; however, many of them are migratory and spend a period of their life-cycle in the sea.

It refers to passenger cars that have (2-5) seats.

Salt water intrusion is the mixing of saltwater with freshwater. It can occur in either surface- water or groundwater bodies