The social health of the nation : how America is really doing / Marc Miringoff, Marque-Luisa Miringoff ; contributing author Sandra Opdycke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miringoff, Marc L., author.

Miringoff, Marque-Luisa, 1947- author.

Opdycke, Sandra, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social indicators--United States.

Social indicators.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text offers a fuller and deeper view of America's quality of life, gathering together statistical information on such factors as the well-being of America's children and youth, the accessibility of health care, the quality of education, or the adequacy of housing.

Contents:

Foreword; The Working Group on Social Indicators; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; One: How Are We Doing?; Two: Part of a Tradition; Three: There's Something Else Out There; Four: Indicators of Improving Performance; Five: Indicators of Worsening Performance; Six: Indicators of Shifting Performance; Seven: Judging the Nation's Social Performance; Eight: Advancing the Field; Nine: The Tasks of Visibility: A New Direction for Social Reporting; Epilogue; List of Charts and Indicators; Appendices; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771057-3

1-280-53079-0

0-19-803057-6

1-4294-0421-3

OCLC:

476015291