Back to MethodologyGender: Child gender is based on the CWS/CMS variable gender_cd and categorized as Female (1) or Male (2).
Children for whom gender is not coded are reported as having a Missing gender and excluded from the percent calculations.When Gender is not selected as a dimension, the default filter includes Missing values and both Female and Male. Users can also filter reports to include only children of a specific gender (e.g., only Male children) by checking the gender for which report data are to be included.