LEADER 04810nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910465753703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610907670 010 $a0-19-925249-1 010 $a0-19-153093-X 010 $a9786612199448 010 $a1-280-90767-3 010 $a1-282-19944-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293888 035 $a(EBL)728688 035 $a(OCoLC)404967204 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11119011 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092919 035 $a(PQKB)11168179 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073867 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728688 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728688 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10283373 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90767 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293888 100 $a20020926d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSocial indicators$b[electronic resource] $ethe EU and social inclusion /$fTony Atkinson ... [et al.] ; with a foreword by Frank Vandenbroucke 210 $aOxford ;$aHong Kong $cOxford University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-925349-8 311 $a0-19-159588-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 1. Setting the Scene; 1.1. Social Indicators; 1.2. Social Europe; 1.3. Lisbon and Post-Lisbon; 1.4. Structure of the Book; 2. Indicators in Principle; 2.1. Principles of Indicator Construction; 2.2. Properties of Indicators; 2.3. Data for Social Indicator Construction; 3. Social Indicators from a Member State Perspective; 3.1. Belgium; 3.2. Denmark; 3.3. Germany; 3.4. Greece; 3.5. Spain; 3.6. France; 3.7. Ireland; 3.8. Italy; 3.9. Luxembourg; 3.10. Netherlands; 3.11. Austria; 3.12. Portugal; 3.13. Finland; 3.14. Sweden; 3.15. United Kingdom; 3.16. Conclusion 327 $a4. Portfolio of Indicators as a Whole4.1. Structure of the Portfolio of Indicators; 4.2. Presentation of Indicators; 4.3. Disaggregation of Indicators; 5. Financial Poverty; 5.1. The Concept of Poverty; 5.2. Overview of Existing Methods of Setting the Financial Poverty Line; 5.3. Evaluation of Different Methods; 5.4. Examination of Proposed Financial Poverty Indicators; 6. Depth of Poverty and Income Inequality; 6.1. Persistence of Financial Poverty; 6.2. Poverty Gaps; 6.3. Deprivation Indicators; 6.4. Distribution of Income; 7. Education, Employment, and Unemployment 327 $a7.1. Low Educational Attainment and Differential Access to Education7.2. Employment and Unemployment; 7.3. Jobless Households; 7.4. Working Poor and Low Pay; 7.5. Within-Country Variations in Unemployment and Employment; 8. Health, Housing, and Wider Dimensions; 8.1. Health; 8.2. Housing and Homelessness; 8.3. Functional Literacy and Numeracy; 8.4. Access to Essential Services; 8.5. Financial Precariousness; 8.6. Social Participation; 9. Coordination at the European Union Level; 9.1. Use of Indicators in National Action Plans on Social Inclusion and by the Commission 327 $a9.2. Policy and National Targets9.3. Development of Indicators and Mobilizing Actors; Executive Summary and List of Recommendations; Synthe?se et Liste des Recommandations; Members of the Steering Committees; References; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aSocial indicators are an important tool for evaluating a country's level of social development and for assessing the impact of policy. Such indicators are already in use in investigating poverty and social exclusion in several European countries and have begun to play a significant role in advancing the social dimension of the European Union as a whole. The purpose of this book is to make a scientific contribution to the development of social indicators for the purposes of Europeanpolicy-making. It considers the principles underlying the construction of policy-relevant indicators, the definiti 606 $aMarginality, Social$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aQuality of life$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aSocial indicators$zEuropean Union countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMarginality, Social 615 0$aQuality of life 615 0$aSocial indicators 676 $a361.61094 676 $a361.94 701 $aAtkinson$b A. B$g(Anthony Barnes),$f1944-$0883290 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465753703321 996 $aSocial indicators$91994612 997 $aUNINA