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Social indicators and social structure.

F W Young

    Journal of Community Psychology
    |December 12, 1982
    PubMed
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    This review examines social indicators, measures of welfare, and their link to social structure. A systemic-structural model offers the most promising framework for understanding these relationships.

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    Area of Science:

    • Sociology
    • Social Policy
    • Demography

    Background:

    • Social indicators measure individual and family welfare.
    • Seven factor analytic studies at the subnational level inform this review.
    • The definition of social indicators acknowledges a normative element but not a specific direction of change.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review the relationship between social indicators and social structure.
    • To evaluate different approaches for explaining social indicators.
    • To identify the most heuristic model for understanding social indicators.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of seven factor analytic studies.
    • Analysis of three distinct approaches: indicator-specific, institution-specific, and systemic-structural models.

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  • Examination of existing research, including studies on infant mortality, school district effectiveness, and state-level social organization.

    • Main Results:

    • Three models for explaining social indicators were reviewed: indicator-specific, institution-specific, and systemic-structural.
    • Each reviewed approach presents certain challenges or limitations.
    • The systemic-structural model is identified as the most heuristic approach.

    Conclusions:

    • The relationship between social indicators and social structure is complex.
    • Different models offer varying degrees of explanatory power.
    • The systemic-structural model provides the most valuable framework for future research on social indicators and social structure.