EUSI: European System of Social Indicators: Education and Vocational Training, 1908-2013
Structure: I) General information on the social indicator system Ia) Background II) Dimension of life: Education and Vocational Training I) General information on the social indicator system The time series of the European System of Social Indicators (EUSI) are´social indicators´ used to measure soc...
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13025 https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA8688?lang=de https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA8688?lang=en |
| Summary: | Structure: I) General information on the social indicator system Ia) Background II) Dimension of life: Education and Vocational Training I) General information on the social indicator system The time series of the European System of Social Indicators (EUSI) are´social indicators´ used to measure social welfare and social change. The conceptual framework builds on the theoretical discussion of welfare, quality of life and the goals of social development oriented towards them. The basis for defining these indicators is a concept of quality of life that encompasses different areas of life in society. Each area of life can be divided into several target areas. Target dimensions have been defined for the individual target areas, for each of which a set of social indicators (= time series, statistical measures) has been defined. The EUSI indicator time series combine objective living conditions (factual living conditions such as working conditions, income development) and subjective well-being (perceptions, assessments, evaluations) of the population. The time series starts in 1980 and end in 2013. They make it possible to understand social developments by reliable and, over time, comparable data between European countries. They are an important complement to national accounts indicators. EUSI indicators are part of an ongoing debate at European level on measuring welfare and quality of life, which has led to various initiatives by statistical offices in Europe. Ia) Background The social indicator system is the result of a discussion sparked off in the 1970s to measure a country´s prosperity development. Hans-Jürgen Krupp and Wolfgang Zapf initiated this discussion. Together they pointed out in 1972 in an expert opinion for the German Council of Economic Experts that the gross domestic product in particular and the parameters of national accounts (NA) in general are not sufficient to measure social welfare or ignore important aspects. (see: Krupp, H.-J. and Zapf, W. (1977), The role of alternative indicators of ... |
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