What is an “imputed” indicator – and for what countries were these imputed statistics used?
Mean years of schooling (MYS) for Andorra and Liechtenstein were based on the MYS of neighbouring countries Spain and Switzerland, respectively. For 25 countries, the MYS was estimated from nationally representative household surveys – UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MICS) Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS, and the World Bank’s Income International Distribution Database. Expected years of schooling were estimated by cross-country regression in three countries – Montenegro, Singapore and Turkmenistan.
