...provide social indicators or quantitative measures of social progress. A social indicator has been defined to be "a statistic of direct normative interest...of major aspects of a society. It is in all cases •Bee. for example, tbe statement made by William Oorham before tbe Senate Subcommittee on Government...

...future reports. Toward a Social Report laid stress on highly aggregated statisties that would permit "concise, comprehensive, and balanced judgments about the condition of major aspects of society." h also stressed the need for "direct measures of welfare," in the economist's sense of the...

...indicators by Olson. Toward a Social Report includes the following definition of a social indicator: "A social indicator. . .may be defined to be a statistic...concise, comprehensive and balanced judgments about the conditions of major aspects of a society. It is in all cases a direct measure of welfare and is subject...

...the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1969:97l): v; U) ® i_ (- "C [An indicator is a] statistic of direct normative interest which facilitates concise, comprehensive and balanced judgement about the condition of major aspects of society. It is, in all cases, a direct measure of...

...purposes of curiosity, understanding and action. (Stone, 1975) A social indicator may be defined as a statistic of direct normative interest which facilitates...concise, comprehensive and balanced judgments about the conditions of major aspects of a society. It is in all cases a direct measure of welfare ... if it...

...economies and the need for assessing the impact of social programmes (50). An initial definition was (SI): A social indicator . . . may be defined to be a statistic...concise, comprehensive and balanced judgments about the conditions of major aspects of a society. It is in all cases a direct measure of welfare and is subject...

...of a 'social indicator' in this document is attributed by Land (2000) to the economist Olson namely a 'statistic of direct normative interest which facilitates concise, comprehensive and balanced judgements about the condition of major aspects of a society' (USDHEW, 1969: 97). In all cases, Land...

...future, Mancur Olson, the principal author of TSR, put forward the following influential definition: "A social indicator... may be defined to be a statistic...about the condition of major aspects of a society." (USDHEW, 1969, p. 97) In brief, TSR firmly established the link of social indicators to the idea of...

...provide social indicators or quantitative measures of social progress. A social indicator has been defined to be "a statistic of direct normative interest...of major aspects of a society. It is in all cases * See. for exnmple, the statement made by William Gnrlinm before the Senate Subcommittee on Government...