Society at a Glance 2016 by OECD

Author:OECD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Issues/Migration/Health
ISBN: 9789264261488
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2016-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2.

Interpreting OECD social indicators

The purpose of Society at a Glance

Society at a Glance 2016 aims to address the growing demand for quantitative evidence on the social situation, its trends, and its possible drivers across OECD countries. One objective is to assess and compare social outcomes that are currently the focus of policy debates. Another is to provide an overview of societal responses, and how effective policy actions have been in furthering social development. This edition of Society at a Glance discusses policy actions in response to the situation of youth Neither in Employment, Education, nor Training (NEET). Indicators on youth are therefore a particular focus.

The indicators are based on a variant of the “Pressure-State-Response” framework that has also been used in other policy areas [United Nations (1997), Glossary of Environment Statistics, Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67, New York]. This groups indicators into three areas:

“Social context”: refers to general indicators that, while not usually direct policy targets are relevant information for understanding the social landscape. An example is the proportion of elderly people to working-age people.

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