Test yourself with quiz focused on tax policy, gender equality, and care systems. This quiz includes questions on care globally as well as questions from Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, the Philippines, Senegal. Learn more in the Framing Feminist Taxation Guide Volume 3 here.

Questions (scroll to the bottom for answers)

1. Select the types of care that are identified in the Guide.
a. Direct Care, Indirect Care, and Self Care
b. Minor Care, Elder Care, and Sick Care
c. Paid Care, Unpaid Care, and Underpaid Care
d. Profit care, Tax abuse care, and Private plane care

2. True or False: Everyone at some point in their life requires care work to survive.

3. In Argentina, does the federal government collect more revenue from indirect tax (consumption, etc.) or direct tax (income and wealth tax)? Does this represent a progressive or regressive tax system?

4. What is the rate of tax evasion for corporate income tax in Ecuador as of 2023?
a. 99%
b. 65%
c. 40%
d. 24%

5. True or False: Ecuador’s Constitution recognises unpaid household work of self-support and human care as productive work. 

6. What percentage of domestic workers, who are overwhelmingly women, are not covered by social security in Paraguay?
a. 98%
b. 76%
c. 67%
d. 30%

7. True or False: 1.5 million people are impoverished each year due to health-related expenses in the Philippines.

8. What percentage of Senegalese businesses operate in the informal sector?
a. 97%
b. 82%
c. 54%
d. 27%

9. Women perform more hours of care work than men in which countries:
a. Argentina 
b. Ecuador
c. Paraguay 
d. Philippines
e. Senegal 
f. All of the above

Answers

1. (a) Direct Care, Indirect Care, and Self Care
2. True
3. Indirect / Regressive 
4. (B) 65%
5. True
6. 98%
7. True. OOP spending represents 54% of total health expenditures in the Philippines and comprises the biggest source of health financing. This leaves poor households vulnerable in the face of healthcare needs.
8. (a) 97%
9. (f) all of the above, although Ecuador ranked the highest with a 4x difference. 

• Learn more in our Framing Feminist Taxation Guide Volume 3 here.