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Social indicators : statistics, trends and policy development /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Social justice, equality and empowerment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ; SOCIAL INDICATORS: STATISTICS, TRENDS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY AS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIONOMY: A CRI DE COEUR FOR THE SYSTEMIZING OF SOCIAL INDICATORS ; THE NEED FOR A SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC METROLOGY ; FROM THEORY TO INDICATOR ; The Construction of a Theory ; Operationalization of Concepts ; FROM INDICATOR TO VARIABLE ; Data Collection Tools in the Social Sciences; Questionnaire Mode ; Questionnaire Satisficing ; Survey Context and Cross-Cultural Issues.
- Validity, Reliability and Discriminating Power FROM STUDY DESIGN TO ANALYSIS ; Model Choice and Operational Hypotheses ; Model Misspecification; Model Choice and Measurement Scale ; Model Choice and Sampling Method; ISSUES IN ANALYSIS ; Statistical Hypothesis Testing ; Nonresponse and Errors in Statistical Generalization ; FROM ANALYSIS TO REPORT AND BACK TO THEORY ; Matters of Presentation ; Theoretical Generalization ; TOWARDS A SOCIONOMY ; Aspects of a Social Scientific Metrology ; Educating a New Generation of Social Scientists ; CONCLUDING REMARK ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES.
- DISCRETIONARY TIME AND FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME: TWO NEW INTEGRATED INDICATORS OF WELFARE, POVERTY AND FREEDOMSABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. THE FAMILY OF COMBINED TIME/MONEY METRICS ; Origins: Becker (1965) and Vickery (1977) ; Land-Time Budget Analysis ; Paired Money/Time Indicators; Integrated Time/Money Indicators: TIMs ; 3. THE FREELY DISPOSABLE TIME (FDT) SYSTEM ; 4. THE DISCRETIONARY TIME (DT) SYSTEM ; 5. SURPLUS TIME (ST) PROPERTIES ILLUSTRATED BY A HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLD ; 6. ST PROPERTIES VERSUS THOSE OF PURE TIME AND MONEY INDICATORS; 7. RESULTS OF FIRST DT AND FDT APPLICATIONS.
- 8. DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION: ST METRIC VALIDITY AND CAVEATS Denotation: Surplus Time = Freedoms Time ; Connotation 1. Connecting ST with Welfare and Potential Income ; Connotation 2. Connecting ST with Well-Being and Happiness ; 9. INDICATOR CHOICE ; 10. CONCLUSION ; AUTHORS' INFORMATION ; REFERENCES ; INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONAL TIME USE (FTU) AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING THE "LABOUR BURDEN": A CASE STUDY FROM THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. REVIEW OF TIME USE STUDIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LABOUR TIME.
- 3. FUNCTIONAL TIME USE: THEORY, CONCEPT AND METHODOLOGY 3.1. The Theoretical Framework; 3.2. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations of Functional Time Use ; 3.2.1. Methodological Classifications of the Functional Subsystems; 4. A CASE STUDY APPROACH TO FUNCTIONAL TIME USE ; 4.1. The Study Area: The Village of Campo Bello (Bolivia) ; 4.2. The Research Framework ; 4.3. Data Collection in the Field ; 4.3.1. Some Methodological Challenges ; 4.4. Findings ; 4.4.1. Socially Disposable Labour Time at the System Level ; 4.4.2. Time Investments in All Functional Subsystems.