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Please cite as: OECD(2009), Society at a Glance 2009 - OECD Social Indicators (www.oecd.org/els/social/indicators/SAG).
Press material and country notes - How to obtain this publication
Data and indicators - Previous versions
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How are OECD societies progressing? How effective are their actions in promoting social progress? Society at a Glance provides a basis for addressing these twin questions. It offers a concise overview of quantitative social trends and policies across the OECD. This 2009 edition includes a wide range of information on social issues – such as demography and family characteristics, employment and unemployment, poverty and inequality, social and health care expenditure, and work and life satisfaction –as well as a guide to help readers understand the structure of OECD social indicators.
In addition to updating some of the indicators from previous editions, Society at a Glance 2009 adds several new and innovative social indicators, including adult height, perceived health status, risky youth behaviour and bullying. For the first time, the report also provides a condensed set of headline social indicators summarising social well-being in OECD countries. In addition, a special chapter examines leisure time across the OECD.
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ISBN Number: 9789264049383
Publication date: May 2009
Pages: 131
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Press material:
The complete edition of Society at a Glance 2009 is available from:
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SourceOECD for subscribing institutions and many libraries
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OLISnet, under "Publication Locator", for government officials with accounts (subscribe)
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Social data and indicators:
More information (PDFs, HTMLs) via OECD WebBook.
Latest OECD data related to social indicators:
(in construction - contact us via social.contact@oecd.org if you would like see here a specific social indicator)
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General context:
- Population by gender and broad age group, from Labour Force Surveys
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Self-Sufficiency:
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Equity:
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Social cohesion:
Other non-OECD sources related to social indicators:
Also of interest:
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Do countries have the poverty rate they are prepared to pay for ?
Incomes are more equally distributed and fewer people are poor where social spending is high... It is easy to conclude that countries have the poverty rate that they are prepared to pay for. Higher tax revenues – enabling an expansion of social programmes – would probably reduce inequality and poverty. But for most OECD countries, the answer is more complex...
>See the relationship between poverty (EQ1) and social spending (EQ5) over time via www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality#data with Gapminder dynamic chart
Data from previous versions of Society at a Glance (SaG):
SaG 2006 via: www.sourceoecd.org/societyataglance2006
including Chapter 2: Measuring Well-being: What Role for Social Indicators?
SaG 2005 - Raw data underlying each indicator:
General context indicators:
GE1. National income per capita
GE2. Age-dependency ratio
GE3. Fertility rates
GE4. Foreigners and foreign-born population
GE5. Marriage and divorce
SaG 2002
List of Social Indicators and Related Data (xls, 39kb)
- Annex GE: General context indicators (GE1 to GE3) (xls, 106kb)
- Annex GE: General context indicators (GE4 to GE7) (xls, 98kb)
- Annex SS: Self-sufficiency indicators (SS1 to SS10) (xls, 271kb)
- Annex SS: Self-sufficiency indicators (SS11 to SS17) (xls, 202kb)
- Annex EQ: Equity indicators (EQ1 to EQ6) (xls, 136kb)
- Annex EQ: Equity indicators (EQ7 to EQ12) (xls, 118kb)
- Annex HE: Health indicators (HE1 to HE5) (xls, 110kb)
- Annex HE: Health indicators (HE6 to HE11) (xls, 151kb)
- Annex CO: Social cohesion indicators (CO1 to CO6) (xls, 101kb)
- Annex CO: Social cohesion indicators (CO7 to CO9) (xls, 95kb)
SaG 2001
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