The family database in the Asia-Pacific Region 2018-2019 covers data on family outcomes and policies of ten countries (10: Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), which allows for cross-national comparison and time analyses across OECD countries.

The database consists of 27 indicators that are useful to gauge changing family trends, such as "Family size and household composition", "Marriage and divorce rates", "Fertility rates", "Life expectancy at birth", "Typology of childcare and early-education services", "Educational attainment by gender", "Usual working hours per week by gender", and "Young people not in education or employment", under four main dimensions: 1) SF: the structure of families, 2) LMF: the labour market position of families, 3) PF: public policies for families and children, and 4) CO: child outcomes.

Below is the complete list of indicators included in the dataset, and you may find the summaries and datasets for each indicator in the attachments:

INDICATORS

1. The structure of families (SF)

Families and Children

SF1.1 Family size and household compositionAdobeExcel

SF1.4 Population by age of children and young adults, and youth dependency ratioAdobeExcel

 

Fertility indicators

SF2.1 Fertility ratesAdobeExcel

SF2.3 Age of mothers at childbirth and age-specific fertilityAdobeExcel

SF2.4 Share of births outside of marriageAdobeExcel

 

Marital and partnership status

SF3.1 Marriage and divorce ratesAdobeExcel

SF3.2. Family dissolution and childrenAdobeExcel

 

2. The labour market position of families (LMF)

Families, children and employment status

LMF1.4 Employment profiles over the life-courseAdobeExcel

LMF1.5 Gender pay gaps for full-time workersAdobeExcel

LMF1.6 Gender differences in employment outcomesAdobeExcel

 

Workplace hours and time for caring

LMF2.1 Usual working hours per week by genderAdobeExcel

 

3. Public policies for families and children (PF)

General policies for families with children

PF1.3 Family cash benefitsAdobeExcel

 

Child-related leave

PF2.1 Key characteristics of parental leave systemsAdobeExcel

 

Typology of childcare systems

PF4.1 Typology of childcare and early-education servicesAdobeExcel

 

4. Child outcomes (CO)

Child health

CO1.1 Infant and child mortalityAdobeExcel

CO1.2 Life expectancy at birthAdobeExcel

CO1.3 Low birth weightAdobeExcel

CO1.4 Childhood vaccinationAdobeExcel

CO1.6 Disease-based indicators: Prevalence of diabetes and asthma among childrenAdobeExcel

 

Education/literacy

CO3.1 Educational attainment by genderAdobeExcel

CO3.2 Gender differences in university graduates by fields of studyAdobeExcel

CO3.3 Literacy scores by gender at age 10 AdobeExcel

CO3.4 Literacy scores by gender at age 15 AdobeExcel

CO3.5 Young people not in education or employment AdobeExcel

CO3.6 Percentage of immigrant students and their educational outcomes AdobeExcel

 

Societal participation

CO4.1 Participation in and membership of groups and organisations for young adultsAdobeExcel

CO4.2 Participation rates of first-time votersAdobeExcel