Social Indicators

The European social agenda is at a crucial stage. This book describes the Action Plans on Social Inclusion submitted to the European Union by national governments in June 2001 and investigates the indicators that can be used to assess social progress. It deals in a new way with key issues for social policy in Europe: poverty income inequality non-monetary deprivation low educational attainment unemployment joblessness poor health poor housing and homelessness functional illiteracy and innumeracy.