Countries: Latvia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Latvia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Countries: Latvia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Latvia is 55.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Latvia is 70.6 years for men and 79.8 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"A minor or a person who does not have a health card is prohibited to be engaged in prostitution. A person who is engaged in prostitution (hereinafter – person) shall be issued a health card (Annex) by a dermatologist or venereologist after the initial health examination" (p 1). "A person is allowed to offer or provide sexual services for fee only in a living space which is his or her property or regarding which he or she has entered into a rental contract" (p 1). "A person is prohibited to offer or provide sexual services for fee, as well as to receive such services in the living space referred to...more

Countries: Latvia, Slovenia, Thailand
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"8.7 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Pursuant to law, invited to inherit are 1) the spouse, 2) kin and 3) adoptees. The surviving spouse shall inherit from the deceased regardless of the form of property relationship that was in effect between the spouses during their marriage" (103). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1998) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '26.5%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '16.5%.'"

Countries: Latvia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"The Church dulls the potential moral strength of extended kin bonds by strongly discouraging cross-cousin marriages in most cir-cumstances, and by upholding the right of its members to bequeath property to non-kinship organizations. And the Church competes directly with kin authority by providing an alternative to familial roles for those electing to become priests and nuns" (237)

Countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2

“There is also significant variation in the share of women managers in different parts of the EU. In Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Latvia over 40 per cent of managers are women – more than five per cent above the EU average – whereas in Greece and the Czech Republic, less than 30 per cent of managers are women” (top half of page).

Countries: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"Women are less likely than men in nearly all EU Member States to report that they have access to training on starting and growing a business. The exceptions were Hungary, Latvia and Estonia, where women are as likely as men to feel that they can access training, and Sweden, where women are slightly more likely to feel that they can access training" (para 9).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Married women and men have equal duties to be faithful to each other, to live together, to take care of each other and to jointly ensure the welfare of their family as wife and husband (Civil Law, Article 84). They have equal rights regarding the organisation of family life (Civil law, Article 85) and to choose where to live (Constitution, Article 97). Women and men have a duty to cover the family and joint household expenses out of the joint property (Civil Law, Article 95)" (2). " As regards marital property, a spouse retains the property, which belonged to him or her before the marriage, as well as the property...more

Countries: Latvia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"Property acquired in common is to be divided between the former spouses in equal shares (Civil Law, Article 83)." (3).