Discuss the health measurement of the World Economic Forum study.

What will be an ideal response?

This indicator of the differences between women’s and men’s health is based on sex ratio at birth and life expectancy. In the area of health, the World Economic Forum report examined the sex ratio at birth to measure infanticide. A lower than expected life expectancy refers to years lost to disease, malnutrition, violence, and other factors. In developing nations, adolescent girls’ and young women’s poor access to education, early marriage, and lack of decision-making power are linked to exposure to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, and complications linked to pregnancy and childbirth. In industrial nations, maternal deaths are rare.