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Peer reviewedCochran, Nancy – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
Characteristics of population and economic measures as traditional social indicators are compared to more recent quality of life measures to demonstrate that social indicators are value statements at the policy level. Alternative perspectives are illustrated and the importance of assumptions implicit in a given indicator is discussed. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Demography, Economic Factors
