Indicator database

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    Feelings of Self-determination

    Mean response to question on self-reported feelings of choice and control over ones life, from European Values Study.

    Freedom in the World

    Freedom in the World is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. Published annually since 1972, the survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and 14 related and disputed territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World data and reports are available in their entirety on the Freedom House website

    Gini Coefficient

    Gini Coefficient(also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio) measures the extent to which the distribution of income or consumption expenditure among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. (The lower its value, the more equally household income is distributed.)

    World Bank, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI, retrieved on 18.02.2015

    Happiness (EVS; WVS) 

    Percentage of people who would say they are "very happy" or "quite happy" in European Values Survey & World Values Survey

    Distribution of population by tenure status

    This indicator provides the percentage of people living in households who own their occupied dwelling (with or without a mortgage or loan) and the percentage of the people who rent their home (at market price or at a reduced price or for free).

    The full title of the indicator is: "Distribution of population by tenure status, type of household and income group (source: SILC)"

    Annual net earnings

    "Net earnings are calculated from gross earnings by deducting the employee's social security contributions and income taxes, and adding family allowances in the case of households with children. Income tax and social security contributions parameters refer to the beginning of the fiscal year, i.e. changes occurring later during the year are ignored. [..]

    Net social protection as a percentage of GDP

    "Net social protection benefits are defined as the value of social protection benefits excluding taxes and social contributions paid by the benefits recipients. They are complemented by the value of “Fiscal benefits” provided in the form of tax breaks that would be defined as social protection benefits, if they were provided in cash. Tax breaks promoting the provision of social protection or promoting private insurance plans are excluded.

    Interpersonal Trust 

    This indicator measures respondents' answers to "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?" The measured responses were "most people can be trusted" and "can’t be too careful", only.

    https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/file.asp?file=ZA4800_q.pdf

    Number of Physicians per Thousand People

    The indicator measures the number of physicians available for 1,000 people. Physicians include generalists and specialists.

    Retrieved from, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS, 12.08.2014

    Perceived Health and Safety Risks at the Workplace

    The indicator presents the percentage of people, who perceive to have Health and Safety Risks at the Workplace across the EU 28
    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_398_en.pdf
    (Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

    Job Security

    This indicator presents the number of dependent employed with a job tenure of less than 6 months over the total dependent employment. Job tenure is measured by the length of time workers have been in their current or main job or with their current employer
    http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=BLI2013#
    (Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

    Perceived Overqualification

    The indicator measures what percentage of population think that their qualifications are higher than required to perform their professional duties
    http://gesis-simon.de/simon_eusi/index.php#
    (Date of retrieval: 2 February 2014)

    Political Pluralism and Participation

    Political pluralism and participation are amongst civil liberties, assessed by Freedom House in their annual Freedom in the World index
    https://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world-aggregate-and-subcateg...
    (Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

    Pupils and students in all levels of education (ISCED 0-6)

    The indicator sums up all "enrolled students (ISCED levels 0 to 6) and students in adult education programmes (ISCED levels 1 to 4) by country, year, level of education, programme destination, programme orientation, part time/full time scale, type of institution and gender. The statistics contained in this dataset refer to education in the ordinary school and university system, as defined in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)."

    Problem Solving (PISA)

    The indicator represents the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) test results of 15 year old school students in 65 participating countries, organised by OECD. The survey focuses on mathematics, with reading, science and problem-solving minor areas of assessment.
    PISA results reveal what is possible in education by showing what students in the highest-performing and most
    rapidly improving education systems can do. The findings allow policy makers around the world to gauge the

    Public Expenditure on Health Prevention

    Public expenditure on prevention and public health services as a percentage of total expenditure of health.

    Best-worst possible life (life satisfaction)

    Average response to question "Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?". Also called Cantril ladder of life.

    Satisfaction with Society

    The indicator measures the "percentage of people who are "very satisfied" or "fairly satisfied" with "the kind of society" they live in.

    Info retrieved from,
    http://info1.gesis.org/dbksearch/file.asp?file=ZA3626_bq_en.pdf, 12.2014

    Satisfied with Working Times

    The indicator shows the percentage of employed persons satified with working time

    Sex Ratio of Educational Attainment at Tertiary Level

    The proportional distribution of the sexes in educational attainment at tertiary level, expressed as the ratio of females and males

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