stat ist ics on wornen. 39. A rich body of documentaeion on each agenda iten r,ras considered by the neetinq as eell as other documentation pertaining co the issue of statistics, data base and wonen whicb {ere prepared nainly by the national statistical offices of the ECE reg ion . 40. There ras consensus that, although a large body of useful statistics on eonen t as available for countries throughout the ECE reglon through various data sources' they eere often scattered throu-qhout nany different statistical publications and therefore not readily available to a.large proportion ot users. A nunber of inportant problen areas were identified in ithich further ltork was reguired' particularly eitb reference to the developnent of inproved concepts, definjtions' classifications and sCatistical n€thods used in deriving statiselcs and indtcators on the role and sltuation of $onen. The importance of statistical offices nakinq further advances in their efforts to respond to the groFing denands for nore policy-relevant statisti.cs on \domen and their life sicuation rdas stressed, and the importance of assoclating both producers and users of statistics in the nethoalological nork on the development and inprovenent of statistics and indicators on the role and situation of wonen r,ras enphasized. 4I. The neeting identifieal areas and issues requirinq further work by the Conference of European statisticians, to be inplenented in part in collaboration uith rNsTRAll, They comprlse the follor,,i.ng: (a) nethods developed for assigningA/ 40/7 07 EngLish Page 1?
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the collection and analysis of statistics related to women, which suggests a focus on social and demographic issues. The context is also related to the development of policy-relevant statistics, which implies a connection to economic and social development.

**Category**
Education, Employment, Health