Table 1 – Four types of gender equality in the UK and their characteristics
| Type of gender equality | Prime parity | Equal erosion | Partial progress | Deep disparities |
| Description | Highest gender equality and outcomes | High gender equality but poor outcomes | Moderate gender equality and outcomes | Low gender equality and poor outcomes |
| Example local authority | Guildford, St Albans, Wandsworth |
Blackpool, Neath Port Talbot, Stoke-on-Trent |
Canterbury, Midlothian, South Somerset |
Bradford, Merthyr Tydfil, Derry City and Strabane |
| Top regional concentration | South East, East of England, London |
North West, Wales, West Midlands |
South East, Scotland, South West |
Yorkshire and the Humber, Wales, Northern Ireland |
| Gender Equality Measure | High
|
High
|
Medium
|
Low
|
| Women’s Outcomes Measure | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| Men’s Outcomes Measure | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| Productivity | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| Economic activity | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| Deprivation | Low | High | Medium | High |