Social Indicators : Statistics, Trends and Policy Development.
Baird, Candace M.
Social Indicators : Statistics, Trends and Policy Development. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (194 pages) - Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment . - Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment .
Intro -- SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY AS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIONOMY: A CRI DE COEUR FOR THE SYSTEMIZING OF SOCIAL INDICATORS -- THE NEED FOR A SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY -- FROM THEORY TO INDICATOR -- The Construction of a Theory -- Operationalization of Concepts -- FROM INDICATOR TO VARIABLE -- Data Collection Tools in the Social Sciences -- Questionnaire Mode -- Questionnaire Satisficing -- Survey Context and Cross-Cultural Issues -- Validity, Reliability and Discriminating Power -- FROM STUDY DESIGN TO ANALYSIS -- Model Choice and Operational Hypotheses -- Model Misspecification -- Model Choice and Measurement Scale -- Model Choice and Sampling Method -- ISSUES IN ANALYSIS -- Statistical Hypothesis Testing -- Nonresponse and Errors in Statistical Generalization -- FROM ANALYSIS TO REPORT AND BACK TO THEORY -- Matters of Presentation -- Theoretical Generalization -- TOWARDS A SOCIONOMY -- Aspects of a Social Scientific Metrology -- Educating a New Generation of Social Scientists -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 DISCRETIONARY TIME AND FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME: TWO NEW INTEGRATED INDICATORS OF WELFARE, POVERTY AND FREEDOMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE FAMILY OF COMBINED TIME/MONEY METRICS -- Origins: Becker (1965) and Vickery (1977) -- Land-Time Budget Analysis -- Paired Money/Time Indicators -- Integrated Time/Money Indicators: TIMs -- 3. THE FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME (FDT) SYSTEM -- 4. THE DISCRETIONARY TIME (DT) SYSTEM -- 5. SURPLUS TIME (ST) PROPERTIES ILLUSTRATED BY A HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLD -- 6. ST PROPERTIES VERSUS THOSE OF PURE TIME AND MONEY INDICATORS -- 7. RESULTS OF FIRST DT AND FDT APPLICATIONS. 8. DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION: ST METRIC VALIDITY AND CAVEATS -- Denotation: Surplus Time = Freedoms Time -- Connotation 1. Connecting ST with Welfare and Potential Income -- Connotation 2. Connecting ST with Well-Being and Happiness -- 9. INDICATOR CHOICE -- 10. CONCLUSION -- AUTHORS' INFORMATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONAL TIME USE (FTU) AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING THE "LABOUR BURDEN": A CASE STUDY FROM THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REVIEW OF TIME USE STUDIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LABOUR TIME -- 3. FUNCTIONAL TIME USE: THEORY, CONCEPT AND METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. The Theoretical Framework -- 3.2. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations of Functional Time Use -- 3.2.1. Methodological Classifications of the Functional Subsystems -- 4. A CASE STUDY APPROACH TO FUNCTIONAL TIME USE -- 4.1. The Study Area: The Village of Campo Bello (Bolivia) -- 4.2. The Research Framework -- 4.3. Data Collection in the Field -- 4.3.1. Some Methodological Challenges -- 4.4. Findings -- 4.4.1. Socially Disposable Labour Time at the System Level -- 4.4.2. Time Investments in All Functional Subsystems -- General Time Investments per Adult and Per Inhabitant -- Gender Differences in Time Use -- Children's Share of Labour Time -- Local Strategies to Increase the Productivity of Time -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 5.1. Factual Conclusions -- Are Time Demands on the Subsystems Likely to Change in the Future? -- 5.2. Methodological Conclusions for "Development in Practise" -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 GENOA INDEX OF DEPRIVATION (GDI): AN INDEX OF MATERIAL DEPRIVATION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- 1.1. The Jarman Underprivileged Area Score (UPA 8) -- 1.2. The Townsend Index of Deprivation -- 1.3. The Carstairs Deprivation Index -- 1.4. The MATDEP and SOCDEP. 1.5. The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD 2000) -- 1.6. A Comparison of Deprivation Indexes -- PART 2. AN INDEX OF DEPRIVATION FOR GENOA (GDI): A PROPOSAL -- 2.1. Materials and Methods -- 2.2. Results and Discussion -- 2.3. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR PROTECTED AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SOCIAL CAPITAL -- 2.1. Main Theorists of Social Capital -- 2.2. Forms of Social Capital -- 2.2.1. Cognitive Social Capital -- 2.2.2. Structural Social Capital -- 2.2.3. Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social Capital -- 2.3. Consequences of Social Capital -- 3. MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL -- 3.1. Social Trust -- 3.2. Institutional Trust -- 3.3. Social Networks -- 3.4. Civic Participation -- 3.5. Norms of Reciprocity -- 3.6. Statistical Analysis of Social Capital Indicators -- 4. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 4.1. The Connection of Social Capital with Environmental Issues -- 4.2. Utilizing Social Capital Indicators for the Management of Protected Areas -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 WHAT AGRO-PROCESSING CAN DO TO THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF RURAL SUBSISTENT FARMERS: THE CASE OF MILENOVISI ASSOCIATION IN GHANA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- BACKGROUND OF STUDY COMMUNITIES AND PROJECT -- Processing Cassava into Gari -- The Government-Assisted Gari Processing Association in Korkonu -- FINDINGS -- Respondents Background -- Recruitment and Men's Involvement -- Income before and during Project -- Meeting Social Needs before the Project -- Meeting Social Needs While Participating in the Project -- Challenges with the Project -- DISCUSSION -- Participation in the Gari Processing -- Impact of the Project on Social Conditions -- Barriers to Agro-Processing -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES. Chapter 7 EXPLAINING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH RISK: THE CASE OF FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN HONG KONG AND CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC REFORM IN CHINA AND VULNERABILITY AMONG MIGRANT WOMEN -- MIGRANT FSW ENTANGLED IN THE SOCIO-LEGAL LABYRINTHS -- MIGRANT FSW AND HEALTH RISKS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE EU -- 2.THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATIONS -- 3. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: AN AMENITY-PRODUCTIVITY CLASSIFICATION FOR THE EU MEMBER STATES -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY PROPOSALS -- APPENDIX 1. DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDEX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 IS GENERALIZED TRUST USEFUL AS THE INDICATOR OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SMALL AREA ANALYSIS IN JAPAN? -- ABSTRACT -- METHODS -- Data -- Measures -- Analyses -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781621001263
Social indicators.
Electronic books.
HN25 -- .S643 2011eb
301.01/5118
Social Indicators : Statistics, Trends and Policy Development. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (194 pages) - Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment . - Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment .
Intro -- SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY AS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIONOMY: A CRI DE COEUR FOR THE SYSTEMIZING OF SOCIAL INDICATORS -- THE NEED FOR A SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY -- FROM THEORY TO INDICATOR -- The Construction of a Theory -- Operationalization of Concepts -- FROM INDICATOR TO VARIABLE -- Data Collection Tools in the Social Sciences -- Questionnaire Mode -- Questionnaire Satisficing -- Survey Context and Cross-Cultural Issues -- Validity, Reliability and Discriminating Power -- FROM STUDY DESIGN TO ANALYSIS -- Model Choice and Operational Hypotheses -- Model Misspecification -- Model Choice and Measurement Scale -- Model Choice and Sampling Method -- ISSUES IN ANALYSIS -- Statistical Hypothesis Testing -- Nonresponse and Errors in Statistical Generalization -- FROM ANALYSIS TO REPORT AND BACK TO THEORY -- Matters of Presentation -- Theoretical Generalization -- TOWARDS A SOCIONOMY -- Aspects of a Social Scientific Metrology -- Educating a New Generation of Social Scientists -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 DISCRETIONARY TIME AND FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME: TWO NEW INTEGRATED INDICATORS OF WELFARE, POVERTY AND FREEDOMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE FAMILY OF COMBINED TIME/MONEY METRICS -- Origins: Becker (1965) and Vickery (1977) -- Land-Time Budget Analysis -- Paired Money/Time Indicators -- Integrated Time/Money Indicators: TIMs -- 3. THE FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME (FDT) SYSTEM -- 4. THE DISCRETIONARY TIME (DT) SYSTEM -- 5. SURPLUS TIME (ST) PROPERTIES ILLUSTRATED BY A HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLD -- 6. ST PROPERTIES VERSUS THOSE OF PURE TIME AND MONEY INDICATORS -- 7. RESULTS OF FIRST DT AND FDT APPLICATIONS. 8. DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION: ST METRIC VALIDITY AND CAVEATS -- Denotation: Surplus Time = Freedoms Time -- Connotation 1. Connecting ST with Welfare and Potential Income -- Connotation 2. Connecting ST with Well-Being and Happiness -- 9. INDICATOR CHOICE -- 10. CONCLUSION -- AUTHORS' INFORMATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONAL TIME USE (FTU) AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING THE "LABOUR BURDEN": A CASE STUDY FROM THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REVIEW OF TIME USE STUDIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LABOUR TIME -- 3. FUNCTIONAL TIME USE: THEORY, CONCEPT AND METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. The Theoretical Framework -- 3.2. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations of Functional Time Use -- 3.2.1. Methodological Classifications of the Functional Subsystems -- 4. A CASE STUDY APPROACH TO FUNCTIONAL TIME USE -- 4.1. The Study Area: The Village of Campo Bello (Bolivia) -- 4.2. The Research Framework -- 4.3. Data Collection in the Field -- 4.3.1. Some Methodological Challenges -- 4.4. Findings -- 4.4.1. Socially Disposable Labour Time at the System Level -- 4.4.2. Time Investments in All Functional Subsystems -- General Time Investments per Adult and Per Inhabitant -- Gender Differences in Time Use -- Children's Share of Labour Time -- Local Strategies to Increase the Productivity of Time -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 5.1. Factual Conclusions -- Are Time Demands on the Subsystems Likely to Change in the Future? -- 5.2. Methodological Conclusions for "Development in Practise" -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 GENOA INDEX OF DEPRIVATION (GDI): AN INDEX OF MATERIAL DEPRIVATION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- 1.1. The Jarman Underprivileged Area Score (UPA 8) -- 1.2. The Townsend Index of Deprivation -- 1.3. The Carstairs Deprivation Index -- 1.4. The MATDEP and SOCDEP. 1.5. The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD 2000) -- 1.6. A Comparison of Deprivation Indexes -- PART 2. AN INDEX OF DEPRIVATION FOR GENOA (GDI): A PROPOSAL -- 2.1. Materials and Methods -- 2.2. Results and Discussion -- 2.3. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 SOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR PROTECTED AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SOCIAL CAPITAL -- 2.1. Main Theorists of Social Capital -- 2.2. Forms of Social Capital -- 2.2.1. Cognitive Social Capital -- 2.2.2. Structural Social Capital -- 2.2.3. Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social Capital -- 2.3. Consequences of Social Capital -- 3. MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL -- 3.1. Social Trust -- 3.2. Institutional Trust -- 3.3. Social Networks -- 3.4. Civic Participation -- 3.5. Norms of Reciprocity -- 3.6. Statistical Analysis of Social Capital Indicators -- 4. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 4.1. The Connection of Social Capital with Environmental Issues -- 4.2. Utilizing Social Capital Indicators for the Management of Protected Areas -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 WHAT AGRO-PROCESSING CAN DO TO THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF RURAL SUBSISTENT FARMERS: THE CASE OF MILENOVISI ASSOCIATION IN GHANA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- BACKGROUND OF STUDY COMMUNITIES AND PROJECT -- Processing Cassava into Gari -- The Government-Assisted Gari Processing Association in Korkonu -- FINDINGS -- Respondents Background -- Recruitment and Men's Involvement -- Income before and during Project -- Meeting Social Needs before the Project -- Meeting Social Needs While Participating in the Project -- Challenges with the Project -- DISCUSSION -- Participation in the Gari Processing -- Impact of the Project on Social Conditions -- Barriers to Agro-Processing -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES. Chapter 7 EXPLAINING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH RISK: THE CASE OF FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN HONG KONG AND CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC REFORM IN CHINA AND VULNERABILITY AMONG MIGRANT WOMEN -- MIGRANT FSW ENTANGLED IN THE SOCIO-LEGAL LABYRINTHS -- MIGRANT FSW AND HEALTH RISKS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE EU -- 2.THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATIONS -- 3. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: AN AMENITY-PRODUCTIVITY CLASSIFICATION FOR THE EU MEMBER STATES -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY PROPOSALS -- APPENDIX 1. DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDEX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 IS GENERALIZED TRUST USEFUL AS THE INDICATOR OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SMALL AREA ANALYSIS IN JAPAN? -- ABSTRACT -- METHODS -- Data -- Measures -- Analyses -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781621001263
Social indicators.
Electronic books.
HN25 -- .S643 2011eb
301.01/5118