Definition: Sex as individual biological characteristic (femal...

Category: Gender statistics

Sex as individual biological characteristic (female or male) is recorded during data collection in censuses, surveys or administrative records. In comparison to gender differences, which are shaped by the history of social relations and change over time and across cultures, biological differences in sex are fixed and unchangeable and do not vary across cultures and over time. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Integrating-a-Gender-Perspective-into-Statistics-2016-E.pdf