The Gender Indicators
This list of gender indicators offers a point of reference for the application of gender analysis to transport projects or policies, which should occur at the
beginning of their development phase. The list of gender indicators includes data categories that are already collected by different levels of government,
most commonly found in household travel surveys, as well as data that are not yet systematically available and would need to be further identified and
included in existing data collection processes. The list is a compilation of ideal indicators. Users can derive a shorter list of priority indicators by mapping
the full list against key policy priorities set by different governments and transport stakeholders.
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1. Passenger Transport
Indicator 1.1: Share of passenger mode, by gender.
What to measure (unit):
Number of trips.
How to measure (data source, collection method):
E.g. household travel survey.
Indicator 1.2: Travel distance, by gender (average trip length)
What to measure:
Kilometre by mode per trip.
How to measure:
E.g. household travel survey.
Indicator 1.3: Departure time, by gender.
What to measure:
Day of the week and time of day.
How to measure:
E.g. household travel survey.
Indicator 1.4: Trip purpose, by gender.
What to measure:
Trip purpose.
How to measure:
E.g. household survey.
2. Access to Vehicles
Indicator 2.1: License holders, by gender.
What to measure:
Number of driver's licenses.
How to measure:
E.g. household travel survey.
Indicator 2.2: Vehicle ownership or access to a private vehicle, by gender.
What to measure:
Vehicle ownership or access to a private vehicle.
How to measure:
E.g. household travel survey.
3. Transport Costs
Indicator 3.1: Transport cost, by gender.
What to measure:
Percentage of household expenditures on transport.
How to measure:
Household travel survey or estimates based on public transport fares, taxi fares, fuel costs or parking costs.
4. Road Safety
Indicator 4.1: Road fatalities, by gender (within thirty days of crash).
What to measure:
Number of persons per mode.
How to measure:
National road safety database, police records, online public serchable databases (e.g. International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD)).
Indicator 4.2: Road injuries, by gender.
What to measure:
Number of persons per mode.
How to measure:
National road safety database, police records, online public serchable databases (e.g. International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD)).
Indicator 4.3: Type of vehicle occupant killed or injured, by gender
What to measure:
Number of persons per mode.
How to measure:
National road safety database, police records, online public serchable databases (e.g. International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD)).
Indicator 4.4: Gender-focused safety measures in public transport.
What to measure:
Are robust prevention and response actions to gender-based violence in place for all public transport operators?
How to measure:
Report from public transport operators, survey of public transport operators, opinion poll.
5. Gender-based Violence
Indicator 5.1: Perception of safety.
What to measure:
Feeling of safety while walking at night.
How to measure:
Opinion poll (Likert scale), public transport user surveys, household travel surveys, public community consultations.
Indicator 5.2: Incidence of gender-based violence, by gender
What to measure:
Number of incidents by transport mode.
How to measure:
Police records, national crime statistics.
Indicator 5.3: Safety and personal security
What to measure:
Number of trips not taken due to personal safety concerns, by purpose.
How to measure:
Household travel surveys, public opinion sureveys (e.g. Eurobarometer survey).
Indicator 5.4: Legal protection
What to measure:
Is a legal framework in place that protects women in public space, including in all modes of transport?
How to measure:
Analysis of national, regional and local legal frameworks; records from civil society organisations dedicated to support women's rights and issues.
Indicator 5.5: Public awareness
What to measure:
Are (national) public awareness campaignson the personal security of women in transport in place?
How to measure:
Reports from public transport operators, transport operators surveys, public community consultations.
6. Transport and Land-use Planning
Indicator 6.1: Gender-responsive transport/land-use planning
What to measure:
Number or percentage of urban planning strategies that take into account gender-specific needs and interests.
How to measure:
Survey of national or metropolitan-level urban planners, city planning records
7. Accessibility
Indicator 7.1: Accessibility of service, by gender
What to measure:
Average number of services reachable within a given time, by mode.
How to measure:
Transport accessibility models using data on demographics, destinations, road networks and public transport networks. Potential sources include population census data, TomTom, OpenStreetMaps or General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS).
Indicator 7.2: Family-friendliness of publictransport stations
What to measure:
Nmber or percentage of stations that providefacilities for parents and care-takers.
How to measure:
Survey of publictransport operators, city planning records.
Indicator 7.3: Family-friendliness of public transport vehicles
What to measure:
Number or percentage of vehicles with low or level floor, number or percentage of vehicles with foldable seats, number or percentage of vehicles with automatic boarding ramps.
How to measure:
Reports from publictransport operators, survey of public transport operators.
Indicator 7.4: Family-friendliness of fare policies
What to measure:
Are public transport fares differentiated for families?
How to measure:
Survey of public transport operators, data from the back-office of Intelligent Transport Systems.
8. Transport Labour
Indicator 8.1: Participation in the transport workforce, by gender
What to measure:
Number or percentage of workers in the transport workforce by transport mode/sub-sector and occupation type.
How to measure:
National labour force survey, labour authorities database
Indicator 8.2: Employment in senior and middle-management, by gender
What to measure:
Number or percentage of senior and middle managers in the transport workforce (International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) definition).
How to measure:
National labour force survey, private sector surveys.
Indicator 8.3: Employment type, by gender
What to measure:
Number or percentage of full-time and part-time workers in the transport workforce (ISIC definition).
How to measure:
National labour force survey, private sector surveys.
Indicator 8.4: Employment retention rate, by gender
What to measure:
Difference between the number of employees who have departed the transport workforce over a specific period of time and the total number of employees who have left divided by the total number of employees.
How to measure:
National labour force survey, employers (e.g. Glassdoor).
Indicator 8.5: Gender pay gap
What to measure:
Male-to-female income ratio by the ISIC division or other industry classification systems.
How to measure:
National labour force survey, records from civil society organisations dedicated to support women's rights and issues.
9. Education and Training
Indicator 9.1: Attainment rates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), by gender
What to measure:
Percentage of graduates from STEM programmes in tertiary education.
How to measure:
National Educational data
Definitions
“Sex” and “Gender” data: Transport data are often collected using the category “sex” (i.e. male and female), which refers to the biological aspects of an individual. The category “gender”, which is a social construction, is used more and more but still less often than sex. Where gender data is not collected, data based on sex is the nearest equivalent. In the context of this Toolkit “gender” is used for consistency purposes, but where that data is not available, users of this Toolkit can substitute data categorised by “sex”.
Transport modes: Common modes of transport include walking, cycling, public transport (bus, light rail and heavy rail), private vehicle (automobile and two-wheelers), three-wheelers and other modes such as taxis, ride hailing, e-scooters and being dropped off.
Trip: A one-way movement of an individual by a specified mode of transport, having an “origin” (start of the trip) and a “destination” (end of the trip) and made for a defined purpose.
Trip purposes: Commonly include commuting, work related business, education and child care, personal business, drop-off, pick-up or accompany another person, shopping, and social and recreation.
Road safety indicators in this document are derived from the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) questionnaire and database.
Vehicle occupants: Include drivers of passenger cars, passengers of passenger cars (excluding the driver) and unknown seating position in passenger cars. They also include drivers and passengers of goods road motor vehicles, passengers of goods road motor vehicles, passengers of light goods road vehicles, passengers of heavy goods road vehicles, rivers of goods road motor vehicles, drivers of light goods road vehicles, drivers of heavy goods road vehicles, and unknown seating position in goods road motor vehicles,.
Transport workforce: Employment data is often based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Transport-relevant categories (divisions) include 1) Civil engineering (Division 42); 2) Land transport and transport via pipelines (Division 49); 3) Water transport (Division 50); 4) Air Transport (Division 51); 5) Warehousing and support activities for transport (Division 52); and 6) Postal and courier activities (Division 53). Other industry classification systems also exist.