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The OECD has just published the 2005 edition of Society at a Glance.
Society at a Glance, a biennial publication, gives an overview of social
trends and policy developments in 30 OECD countries using indicators taken
from OECD studies and other sources. The indicators include:
General context indicators:
GE1. National income per capita GE2. Age-dependency ratios GE3. Fertility
rates
GE4. Foreigners and foreign-born population GE5. Marriage and divorce
Self-sufficiency indicators:
SS1. Employment SS2. Unemployment SS3. Jobless households SS4. Working
mothers
SS5. Out-of-work benefits SS6. Benefits of last resort SS7. Educational
attainment
SS8. Age at retirement SS9. Youth inactivity
Equity indicators:
EQ1. Poverty EQ2. Income inequality EQ3. Child poverty EQ4. Income of
older people
EQ5. Public social spending EQ6. Private social spending EQ7. Total social
spending
EQ8. Old-age pension replacement rate EQ9. Pension promise
Health indicators:
HE1. Life expectancy HE2. Health-adjusted life expectancy HE3. Infant
mortality
HE4. Total health care expenditure HE5. Long-term care
Social cohesion indicators:
CO1. Subjective well-being CO2. Social isolation CO3. Group membership
CO4. Teenage births CO5. Drug use and related deaths CO6. Suicides
The raw data underlying each indicator can be found at
http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,2340,en_2649_34637_2671576_1_1_1_1,00.html
This also provides information on how to purchase the publication
www.oecd.org/els/social/indicators
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