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The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation has been compiling sets of social indicators since the 1970s and before. This article outlines that history.
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In the 1960s–1970s…
Social indicators were developed at the OECD even before member countries had established comprehensive programs of their own. Calls for developing system of “social accounting” began in the 1960s–1970s, based on the view that, by drawing on countries’ practices and approaches, it would be possible to develop more comprehensive reporting of social conditions and to adopt common statistical definitions making international comparisons possible. The OECD Social Indicators Programmewas thus launched in 1970 with the objective of generating a comprehensive body of evidence on social conditions in member countries. The first major achievement of the program was the publication in 1973 of a “List of Social Concerns Common to Most OECD Countries.” Following this, several years of developmental work...
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Queisser, M., Ladaique, M., D’Ercole, M. (2014). OECD List of Social Indicators. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2001
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