Social and Welfare Statistics

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Statistics, Data and Indicators (9)

Income Distribution and Poverty: Data, Figures, Methods and Concepts

English

01-Dec-2011

Gini coefficients, Poverty rates, Income composition in MS-Excel, Gapminder dynamic charts, or OECD.Stat: data on income distribution and poverty in 34 OECD countries in the last 25 years.

Social Expenditure Database (SOCX)

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27-Oct-2011

SOCX presents information on trends and composition of social expenditure across the OECD from 1980 to 2007. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2007 for 27 OECD countries.

OECD Family database

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27-Apr-2011

In view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, the OECD Family database was developed to provide indicators on family outcomes and family policies across the OECD countries.

OECD Pensions Indicators

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17-Mar-2011

With co-operation from the EU and World Bank, and in view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of pensions, the OECD has developed on-line indicators on pension outcomes and pension policies for all OECD/EU countries.

Key data from OECD (2009), Doing better for Children

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01-Sep-2009

These data present a child well-being framework and compares outcome indicators for children in OECD countries across six dimensions: material well-being; housing and environment; education; health; risk behaviours; and quality of school life.

OECD Social Indicators from Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2009

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13-Aug-2009

Demographic characteristics, unemployment, poverty and inequality, social and health care expenditure, and work and life satisfaction. This report provides a concise quantitative overview of social trends and policies across Asia-Pacific economies.

Pensions at a Glance 2009: how does your country compare? A selection of indicators

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23-Jun-2009

Pension replacement rates, Pension wealth, at various earning levels, ... Also find what your future pension entitlements will be in your country, by using our Pension calculator - from Pensions at a Glance 2009.

OECD population pyramids in 2000 and 2050

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01-Mar-2007

Populations are ageing: these pyramids show populations by age group, gender, in 2000 and 2050, in percentage of total population in each group, for all OECD countries.

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Events/Conferences/Meetings (1)

Monitoring the effects of financial crisis on vulnerable groups of society: OECD's Roundtable Discussion Forum

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16-Feb-2009

The OECD convened this Roundtable to assess the implications of the financial crisis and the ongoing economic recession on the statistical and analytical work that we undertake, and in particular to assess the consequences of the crisis on the well-being of our fellow citizens.

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (4)

Terms of reference of OECD project on the distribution of household incomes 2007/08 wave

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28-Nov-2011

Terms of reference of OECD project on the distribution of household incomes

What are Equivalence Scales?

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17-Sep-2009

The needs of a household grow with each additional member but – due to economies of scale in consumption– not in a proportional way. With the help of equivalence scales each household type in the population is assigned a value in proportion to its needs.

Handbook on constructing composite indicators: methodology and user guide

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27-Nov-2008

A guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. In particular, this handbook is concerned with indicators which compare and ...

The OECD Statistics Brief No.11 May 2006 - Alternative Measures of Well-being

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14-May-2006

The OECD, in common with many other organisations, has normally measured material living standards in member countries in terms of the level and growth of gross domestic product (GDP). But clearly, policy ...

Other Related Social Statistics

Statistics, Data and Indicators (2)

Online Education Database

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03-Dec-2009

Includes statistics on personnel, expenditure, foreign student enrollments, graduates by age and field of education, enrollment by type of institution and total population by sex and age.

Women and Men in OECD Countries

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19-Jan-2007

Better policies for men and women

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