Social Indicators
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18930532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K C Land (0000-0002-9551-7314, Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss153.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4252669983 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
This entry commences with definitions of objective, subjective, and composite social indicators. It then reviews the historical development of the social indicators movement across the decades from the 1960s to the present. Next, three types of social indicators (policy/welfare/criterion indicators, subjective well‐being indicators, and descriptive indicators) are defined and illustrated. A final section describes two functions of social indicators, namely, the enlightenment function which encompasses the monitoring of changes over time in a broad range of social phenomena/quality‐of‐life indicators that extend beyond the traditional economic indicators, and the policy analysis function, including problem definition, policy choice and evaluation of alternatives, and program monitoring
Business · Economic indicator · Economics · Performance indicator · Political science · Public economics · Social policy · Social Welfare · Employment and Welfare Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Marketing
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| Highly cited | No |
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