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Johnston, Denis F. "Some Reflections on the United States." Journal of Public Policy 9, no. 4 (October 1989): 433–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x00008308.

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In retrospect, I think that the fate that befell the social indicators ‘movement's rich array of economic statistics and related measures were simply inadequate indicators of emerging developments and issues under prevailing conditions of rapid social change and severe social strains. The felt need was for more adequate monitoring and reporting of social conditions and processes – implying a need to develop improved measures of these phenomena, together with expanded data collection capabilities. Thus the dual goals of the social indicators movement were apparent from the start: to establish an improved social reporting capability as soon as possible, and to encourage longer-term research and development in the general area of social, measurement and model-building. It may be helpful, therefore, to consider the outcome of these two efforts separately.
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Glatzer, Wolfgang, and Heinz-Herbert Noll. "Social Indicators and Social Reporting in Germany." Journal of Public Policy 9, no. 4 (October 1989): 425–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x0000828x.

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Social indicators research developed in the United States at the end of the 1960s and the principal ideas and approaches were received by West German social scientists soon thereafter. It became common usage to speak of a social indicators movement, an expression which is rather unusual in regard to a scientific approach.
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Trumpbour, John. "Social Indicators by Race, Ethnicity, and Social Background: Brazil, India, the United States." Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts 4, no. 2 (January 2011): 323–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/racethmulglocon.4.2.323.

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Andrews, Frank M., Martin Bulmer, Abbott L. Ferriss, Jonathan Gershuny, Wolfgang Glatzer, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Judith Eleanor Innes, et al. "Whatever Happened to Social Indicators? A Symposium." Journal of Public Policy 9, no. 4 (October 1989): 399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x00008230.

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ABSTRACTTwenty years ago the publication of Toward a Social Report by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare was hailed as a major forward step in developing indicators of conditions in society into a national system of social accounting of relevance to public policy. The resulting social indicators movement quickly mobilized able social scientists to produce a variety of indicators monitoring trends in their society, and internationally. National governments too began to sponsor new types of social reports. The years since have seen an apparent decline in the momentum of the social indicators movement. Hence, to evaluate developments, the Journal of Public Policy invited a number of distinguished pioneers in the movement in Europe and America to give their individual assessment of what has happened to social indicators.
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Hannah, William N., Shilpa Hakre, Peter Dawson, Hao Wu, Sheila A. Peel, Nelson L. Michael, Paul T. Scott, and Jason F. Okulicz. "Clinical indicators associated with HIV acquisition in the United States Air Force." AIDS Care 29, no. 6 (November 28, 2016): 724–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1260086.

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Creamer, MeLisa R., Teresa W. Wang, Stephen Babb, Karen A. Cullen, Hannah Day, Gordon Willis, Ahmed Jamal, and Linda Neff. "Tobacco Product Use and Cessation Indicators Among Adults — United States, 2018." MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 68, no. 45 (November 15, 2019): 1013–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6845a2.

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Assari, Shervin, Mohammed Saqib, Cheryl Wisseh, and Mohsen Bazargan. "Social Determinants of Polypharmacy in First Generation Mexican Immigrants in the United States." International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health 7, no. 3 (September 14, 2019): 86–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijtmgh.2019.19.

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Introduction: Socioeconomic status (SES) indicators are among the main social determinants of health and illness. Less, however, is known about the role of SES in the epidemiology of polypharmacy in immigrant Latino Americans living in the United States. This research studied the association between three SES indicators, education, income, and employment, and polypharmacy in older first generation Latino American immigrant adults. Methods: Data was obtained from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA, 1996-2008). A total of 632 older first generation Mexican-American immigrants to the U.S. entered this analysis. The independent variables were education, income, and employment. Polypharmacy was the outcome. Age, gender, physical health, smoking, and drinking were the covariates. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the data. Results: Employment was associated with lower odds of polypharmacy. The association between education and polypharmacy was above and beyond demographic factors, physical health, health behaviors, and health insurance. Neither education nor income were associated with polypharmacy. Other determinants of polypharmacy were poor self-rated health (SRH) and a higher number of chronic medical conditions (CMCs). Conclusion: Employment appears to be the major SES determinant of polypharmacy in older foreign-born Mexican Americans. Unemployed older Mexican American immigrants with multiple chronic diseases and those who have poor SRH have the highest need for an evaluation of polypharmacy. Given the age group of this population, most of them have health insurance, which provides an opportunity for reducing their polypharmacy.
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Larson, Jeff, and Sarah Soule. "Sector-Level Dynamics and Collective Action in the United States, 1965-1975." Mobilization: An International Quarterly 14, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 293–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.17813/maiq.14.3.h67h423m0864672h.

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To explain varying levels of collective action by social movement organizations in the United States operating during the height of the 1960s protest cycle, this article examines social movement sector-level dynamics alongside indicators of resources and political opportunities. Drawing on hypotheses from neoinstitutional, organizational ecology, and embeddedness perspectives, the paper emphasizes the importance of understanding the sector-level dynamics of legitimacy, competition, and embeddedness when explaining levels of collective action. Results show strong support for neoinstitutional, organizational ecology, and embeddedness theories, but more mixed support for arguments about how political opportunities and resources affect levels of collective action by social movement organizations.
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Song, Lijun. "Social Capital, Social Cost, and Relational Culture in Three Societies." Social Psychology Quarterly 83, no. 4 (August 28, 2020): 443–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0190272520939880.

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Does who you know in the status hierarchy satisfy or dissatisfy your life? Does that effect vary by culture and society? To addresses these two questions, this study applies four theories and analyzes the association between accessed status (network members’ status) and life satisfaction using nationally representative retrospective data from three societies (the United States, urban China, and Taiwan). Social capital theory expects absolute and relative higher accessed status (network members’ higher status relative to individuals’) to improve life satisfaction and relative lower accessed status to diminish life satisfaction. Social cost theory asserts the opposite. The collectivistic advantage explanation anticipates social capital theory to apply more to urban China and Taiwan than social cost theory and social cost theory to apply more to the United States than social capital theory. The collectivistic disadvantage explanation predicts the opposite. This study measures nine indicators of absolute and relative accessed status on the occupational dimension and six domain-specific satisfactions. Results support both social capital theory and social cost theory in all three societies. There is tentative evidence for the collectivistic disadvantage explanation across the three societies. Theoretical and methodological implications are discussed.
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Finnemore, Martha. "International organizations as teachers of norms: the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cutural Organization and science policy." International Organization 47, no. 4 (1993): 565–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020818300028101.

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Most explanations for the creation of new state institutions locate the cause of change in the conditions or characteristics of the states themselves. Some aspect of a state's economic, social, political, or military situation is said to create a functional need for the new bureaucracy which then is taken up by one or more domestic groups who succeed in changing the state apparatus. However, changes in state structure may be prompted not only by changing conditions of individual states but also by socialization and conformance with international norms. In the case of one organizational innovation recently adopted by states across the international system, namely, science policy bureaucracies, indicators of state conditions and functional need for these entities are not correlated with the pattern for their adoption. Instead, adoption was prompted by the activities of an international organization which “taught” states the value of science policy organizations and established the coordination of science as an appropriate, and even a necessary, role for states. This finding lends support to constructivist or reflective theories that treat states as social entities shaped by international social action, as opposed to more conventional treatments of states as autonomous international agents.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Social indicators – United States"

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Son, Jessica. "Determinants of citizen well-being in the U.S. states : do policy liberalism and political culture matter? /." View online version, 2009. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/314.

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Ondategui, Parra Silvia. "Performance indicators in academic radiology departments in the United States." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/22697.

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PURPOSE: To determine the management performance indicators most frequently utilized in academic radiology departments in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This investigation met the criteria for an exemption from institutional review board approval. A cross-sectional study in which a validated national survey was sent to members of the Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) was conducted. The survey was designed to examine the following six categories of 28 performance indicators: (a) general organization, (b) volume and productivity, (c) radiology reporting, (d) access to examinations, (e) customer satisfaction, and (f) finance. A total of 158 variables were included in the analysis. Summary statistics, the 2 test, rank correlation, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance were used. RESULTS: A response rate of 42% (55 of 132 SCARD members) was achieved. The mean number of performance indicators used by radiology departments was 16 ± 6.35 (standard deviation). The most frequently utilized performance indicators were as follows: (a) productivity, in terms of examination volume (78% [43 departments]) and examination volume per modality (78% [43 departments]); (b) reporting, in terms of report turnaround (82% [45 departments]) and transcription time (71% [39 departments]); (c) access, in terms of appointment access to magnetic resonance imaging (80% [44 departments]); (d) satisfaction, in terms of number of patient complaints (84% [46 departments]); and (e) finance, in terms of expenses (67% [37 departments]). Regression analysis revealed that the numbers of performance indicators in each category were statistically significant in predicting the total number of performance indicators used (P < .001 for all). Numbers of productivity and financial indicators were moderately correlated (r = 0.51). However, there were no statistically significant correlations between the numbers of performance indicators used and hospital location, hospital size, or department size (P > .4 for all). CONCLUSION: Assessing departmental performance with a wide range of management indicators is not yet an established and standardized practice in academic radiology departments in the United States. Among all indicators, productivity indicators are the most frequently used.
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Cross, Dale W. "An evaluation of approaches for urban mission discovering indicators of effectiveness /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Addey, Kwame Asiam. "The Role of Trade Facilitation Indicators and Genetically Engineered Restrictive Index on U.S. State Exports and Efficiency." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/29005.

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Trade Facilitation Indicators have become important mechanisms of monitoring the ease of trade. Another issue of rising concern is the pervasive debate on genetically engineered organisms and the development of Genetically Engineered Restrictive Index to evaluate its implications on trade. With regards to these, the objective of the United States Trade Representative is to eliminate implicit trade barriers. Hence, this study examines the impact of TFIs on U.S. agricultural export and its efficiency. From the results, a 1% increase in destination?s Genetically Engineered Restrictive Index leads to a US$ 9,426.82 and US$ 74,268.04 decline in corn and soybean exports while wheat experiences a US$ 26,204.05 increase. The ?I-State? paradox was also revealed from the efficiency rankings. This research recommends that GE labelling policies should be synchronized to match the requirements of the destination countries. Furthermore, information on GE foods must be transparent and disseminated to change destinations? negative perception.
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Hammons, Frank Tipton. "The first step in tech-prep program evaluation: the identification of program performance indicators." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39880.

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Little information is available which specifically applies to determining Tech-Prep program quality, effectiveness, and goal attainment as determined by the directors/coordinators of the programs. This research sought to determine if program performance indicators exist that Tech-Prep directors/coordinators deem necessary to determine their programs' quality, effectiveness, and goal-attainment. If so, is there consensus of agreement among the directors/coordinators on which performance indicators to utilize, and is there a pattern of preference when grouped into evaluation focus components? A questionnaire was developed by the researcher and distributed to Tech-Prep directors/coordinators in the Southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. Sixty-seven program directors/coordinators were asked to participate, and 85 percent responded to the survey. The following conclusions can be reached from analysis of the data: 1) The responding Tech-Prep directors/coordinators are in agreement on which program performance indicators to use to determine the quality, effectiveness, and goal attainment of their programs. These findings are contrary to the existing literature which suggest a lack of consensus on which performance indicators to utilize for vocational education programs. 2) Three different techniques -- consensual agreement, consideration of the questionnaire non-response rate, and data analysis ensuring a 95 percent confidence interval of the standard error of the mean -- were used to analyze the extent of agreement among the surveyed Tech-Prep directors/coordinators on appropriate program performance indicators. Using the three techniques, the extent of majority agreement on the program performance indicators ranged from 97 to 67 percent of the sixty selected indicators. These data support the conclusion that agreed upon performance indicators are available for comparison and evaluation of Tech-Prep programs among this population. These data fill the void in the literature that addresses generalizable performance indicators that can be used in the evaluation and assessment of vocational programs, such as Tech-Prep. 3) Program performance indicators were grouped into six focus components. Although the determination of which focus components are more appropriate for vocational evaluation depend on many factors, data from this survey indicate the STUDENTS focus component is perceived as most important, the RESOURCES focus component is least important, and CAREERS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ATTITUDE/PERCEPTIONS, and FACILITATORS focus components are deemed equally important by Tech-Prep directors/coordinators in the determination of program quality, effectiveness, and goal attainment.
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Bidelman, Bernard M. "Social services and twentieth century social welfare policy." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/536301.

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In 1962 Congress enacted legislation which made social services an important instrument of public welfare reform. The law represented the culmination of a half-century effort on the part of public welfare officials to secure recognition for public social services as a distinctive yet integral feature of progressive social welfare policy in the United States. This dissertation traces the evolution of this effort from its origins in the Progressive period to the passage of the Public Welfare Amendments of 1962.The Progressive ideal of social welfare focused on building an institution of public welfare which would satisfy the economic, social, and psychological needs of all citizens. Public welfare officials viewed social services as playing a key role in the realization of this goal. The paper examines how social services became a means of protecting and expanding the functions of public welfare.The history of public social services has been marked by controversy. Throughout most of the twentieth century, the institution of public welfare has been subjected to periodic assaults by the taxpaying public. The stigma associated with welfare has caused many professional social workers to oppose the idea of incorporating social services into public welfare. The response of public welfare officials to these sources of conflict is a major topic which the paper explores.The context for and the ramifications of the dispute between professional social workers and public welfare officials over the propriety of public social services are discussed in the first three chapters of the paper. The last three chapters recount the political strategies used by public welfare officials to gain acceptance of their plan for integrating social services with public welfare policy.
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Greffard, Marie-Helene. "Chironomids as indicators of environmental change in shallow lakes of northeastern United States." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86992.

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Despite the widespread use of chironomids in biomonitoring and paleoenvironmental research to infer environmental change, there is disagreement over the level of taxonomic resolution required for meaningful ecological interpretations. An objective of my thesis was to evaluate the differences in environmental inferences drawn at two different levels of taxonomic resolution. I found similar results between both levels of resolution with both live and sub-fossil datasets, but a number of taxa had different ecological preferences when examined at different resolutions. Another objective was to develop a chironomid-based training set, to identify the biotic and abiotic environmental variables that explain a significant amount of variation in the structure of surface sediment chironomid assemblages and to develop transfer functions for these environmental variables. Turbidity, dissolved inorganic carbon and drainage ratio were found to be the most influential environmental variables in our lake-set and robust transfer functions were developed for turbidity and chlorophyll a.
Les chironomides sont souvent utilisées dans la recherche paléo-environnementale des lacs pour reconstruire les changements environnementaux. Même si les chironomides sont utilisées largement comme indicateur biologique, il y a un désaccord concernant la résolution taxonomique utilisée pour obtenir des interprétations écologiques significatives. Le premier objectif de l'étude était de comparer les inférences environnementales obtenues d'analyses réalisées selon deux résolutions taxonomiques différentes; d'une part à résolution fine et d'autre part à résolution grossière. La majorité des résultats étaient similaires, cependant, quelques taxa avaient des préférences écologiques variées lorsqu'elles sont étudiées à des résolutions différentes. Le deuxième objectif était de calibrer les chironomides récupérées dans des sédiments de surface avec les variables environnementales de 26 lacs peu profonds dispersés dans le nord-est des États-Unis et de développer, lorsque possible, des modèles d'inférences. La turbidité, le taux de carbone non-organic dissous, et le ratio de drainage ont été identifiés comme les variables environnementales qui ont une grande influence sur la structure des communautés des chironomides dans nos lacs d'études.
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Connors, Donald R. 1936. "Quality Indicators for Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279089/.

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The purpose of this study was to identify indicators of quality for liberal arts colleges and universities as defined by internal and external constituents, and to compare the results of this study with those of two-year public institutions. The internal constituents included college and university presidents and faculty, and the external constituents consisted of officers of Chambers of Commerce and the Kiwanis International, representing business and industry. A survey instrument of 70 items was sent to the constituents of 148 institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. A total of 592 surveys were sent with an average response rate of 56.93%. The study was limited to Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I and Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges II according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. There were 57 survey items identified as indicators of quality by agreement of all respondent group means. The highest ranked indicator of quality was faculty commitment to teaching. The Analysis of Variance revealed close agreement by constituents on 17 of the quality indicators. There was close agreement also that three of the survey items were not indicators of quality. Fisher's Multiple Comparison test revealed that various constituents rated some survey items significantly higher than all other groups. The items that presidents, faculty representatives, and Chamber of Commerce officers each rated significantly high indicated the unique perspective of each constituent group. The Kiwanis officers responded similarly to the Chamber officers but did not rate any survey items significantly higher than other groups. Internal constituents rated seven items significantly higher than external constituents. These items centered mainly on faculty characteristics. External constituents rated three items higher than internal constituents. These survey items focused mainly on curriculum issues that related to the community and real-world problems. Seventeen conclusions were drawn from the study and implications for practice were formulated in areas such as faculty teaching, student interaction, learning outcomes, institutional effectiveness, external constituents, goal setting, advertising, and recruiting.
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Bustos, Felipe (Felipe Antonio Bustos Sánchez), and Fernando Andres Barraza. "Characterizing manufacturing activity in the United States of America : composite index of leading indicators." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70894.

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Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, February 2012.
"February, 2012." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73).
The purpose of this work is to demonstrate that is possible to characterize the US manufacturing activity utilizing public data. Analysis of the state of the art in manufacturing metrics showed that our approach is unique since exploits a niche that is not covered by any existent report or indicator. A Composite Index of Leading Indicators (MCI) was created for the domestic manufacturing activity, exclusively based in official data from the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The MCI was benchmarked against the US Manufacturing Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As a result, evidence was found that MCI anticipates in 5 - 9 months to the GDP economic fluctuations, as measured through cross-correlation analysis. Additionally, the developed framework was satisfactorily applied to Canada as a second source of validation. In practice, other feature of MCI that stands out respect the existent metrics is that provides insight at the level of subsectors according to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). The MCI behaves properly in 18 of the 20 subsectors analyzed, being of especial interest the subsectors like Primary Metals and Petroleum and Coal Products, which have a larger lead and correlation. Conclusions of our work show that the manufacturing sector can be effectively described using the MCI, providing managers and decision makers with a novel perspective of the upcoming manufacturing scenario.
Felipe Bustos and Fernando Barraza.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
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Straubel, Michael S. "United States' regulation of commercial space activity." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55691.

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Books on the topic "Social indicators – United States"

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President, United States, ed. Sustainable development in the United States: An experimental set of indicators : a progress report. Washington, DC: The Group, 1998.

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Association, Foreign Policy, ed. The United States in perspective: An FPA handbook of international comparisons. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1998.

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R, Loftus Geoffrey, ed. Places rated almanac. 5th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1997.

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Miringoff, Marque-Luisa. America's social health: Putting social issues back on the public agenda. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2007.

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Russo, Barry M., and Alice D. Haffner. The American community survey and other survey briefs. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

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H, Rosenberg Saralee, ed. 50 fabulous places to raise your family. Hawthorne, NJ: Career Press, 1993.

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Mui, Ada C. Asian American elders in the twenty-first century: Key indicators of well-being. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.

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Deleuze beyond Badiou: Ontology, multiplicity, and event. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.

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Meadows, Sarah O. The association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2014.

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Exploring the association between military base neighborhood characteristics and soldiers' and airmen's outcomes: Technical report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2013.

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Book chapters on the topic "Social indicators – United States"

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Burland, Elizabeth C. "Wealth and Well-being in the United States." In Social Indicators Research Series, 221–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05535-6_11.

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Wolff, Edward N. "Wealth Trends in the United States During the Great Recession and Recovery, 2001–2016." In Social Indicators Research Series, 485–503. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05535-6_22.

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Smith, Robert B. "Postindustrial Indicators, Human Development, and Red–Purple–Blue States." In Social Structure and Voting in the United States, 127–51. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7487-1_5.

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Menanteau-Horta, Dario. "Indicators of social performance in the heartland of the United States." In The Performance of Social Systems, 277–92. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4251-3_16.

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Parolin, Zachary, and Rosa Daiger von Gleichen. "Family Policy in the United States: State-Level Variation in Policy and Poverty Outcomes from 1980 to 2015." In The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy, 459–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54618-2_18.

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AbstractThis chapter investigates the diversity and divergence of three sets of family policy indicators across the 50 United States: money, services, and time. Our findings show that the 50 United States vary considerably in their family policy packages. States have become more dissimilar over time with respect to social assistance transfers and statutory minimum wages, but have become more similar in their subsidization of low-pay employment. Moreover, states vary greatly in their levels of support for early childhood education and healthcare. State-level variation in out-of-pocket medical spending has more than doubled from 1980 to 2015, in large part due to some states deciding to expand Medicaid access from 2009 onward. Despite large diversity and some divergence in states’ family policy packages, post-tax/transfer poverty rates have remained relatively stable over time. This is partially due to an increase in federally funded transfer programs mitigating the social consequences of state-level diversity.
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Cook, Ian Gillespie, Jamie P. Halsall, and Paresh Wankhade. "The United States." In Sociability, Social Capital, and Community Development, 31–44. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11484-2_3.

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Hughes, R. M., T. R. Whittier, S. A. Thiele, J. E. Pollard, D. V. Peck, S. G. Paulsen, D. McMullen, et al. "Lake and Stream Indicators for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program." In Ecological Indicators, 305–35. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4659-7_20.

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Dobelstein, Andrew W. "The Social Insurances." In Poverty in the United States, 57–78. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137476630_4.

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Debinski, Diane M., Mark E. Jakubauskas, and Kelly Kindscher. "Montane Meadows as Indicators of Environmental Change." In Monitoring Ecological Condition in the Western United States, 213–25. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4343-1_18.

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Dobelstein, Andrew W. "Developing a New Social Welfare Structure." In Poverty in the United States, 125–45. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137476630_7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Social indicators – United States"

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Gil Samaniego Ramos, Margarita, Héctor Enrique Campbell Ramírez, and Juan Carlos Tapia Olivas. "Water Supply Sustainability Indicators for the Southern California-Baja California Area." In ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2013-64540.

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Southern California and Baja California share, besides a dynamic social and economic exchange and 226 kilometers of borderline, an important natural resource: water from the Colorado River. Both areas have arid and semiarid climate in large zones and local fresh water sources are scarce, so water imports from the Colorado are strategic for their continued social and economic growth. Southern California’s water supply comes from the State Water Project, the Colorado River Aqueduct and local sources; in turn, Baja California depends mostly on the water supplied by the Colorado River, with an aqueduct that serves the Pacific coastline cities of the state. Both water supply systems are considered high energy consumers, affecting the quality of life in the region. The sustainable development of both communities is a challenge to Mexican and American public policy planners who must recognize that, to meet the future water demands to support sustainable development in this area it will require improved utilization and management of water resources. In this paper, water supply sustainable indicators were calculated for southern California and Baja California to evaluate and compare their performance towards sustainability. Findings show big differences in the indicators like water use per person, percentage of the cost of water relative to household income, cost of electricity to convey water, etc. High contrast in both economies makes up for these differences, but as water stakeholders of an only source, that is, the Colorado River, Mexico and the United States should avoid those imbalances in water use and management efficiencies, as it might affect its availability and cost, bringing potential conflicts and disturbing the traditional friendly coexistence and growth of both communities.
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A. Buzzetto-Hollywood, Nicole, Austin J. Hill, and Troy Banks. "Early Findings of a Study Exploring the Social Media, Political and Cultural Awareness, and Civic Activism of Gen Z Students in the Mid-Atlantic United States [Abstract]." In InSITE 2021: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences. Informing Science Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4762.

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Aim/Purpose: This paper provides the results of the preliminary analysis of the findings of an ongoing study that seeks to examine the social media use, cultural and political awareness, civic engagement, issue prioritization, and social activism of Gen Z students enrolled at four different institutional types located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The aim of this study is to look at the group as a whole as well as compare findings across populations. The institutional types under consideration include a mid-sized majority serving or otherwise referred to as a traditionally white institution (TWI) located in a small coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean, a small Historically Black University (HBCU) located in a rural area, a large community college located in a county that is a mixture of rural and suburban and which sits on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and graduating high school students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs in a large urban area. This exploration is purposed to examine the behaviors and expectations of Gen Z students within a representative American region during a time of tremendous turmoil and civil unrest in the United States. Background: Over 74 million strong, Gen Z makes up almost one-quarter of the U.S. population. They already outnumber any current living generation and are the first true digital natives. Born after 1996 and through 2012, they are known for their short attention spans and heightened ability to multi-task. Raised in the age of the smart phone, they have been tethered to digital devices from a young age with most having the preponderance of their childhood milestones commemorated online. Often called Zoomers, they are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation and are on track to be the most well-educated generation in history. Gen Zers in the United States have been found in the research to be progressive and pro-government and viewing increasing racial and ethnic diversity as positive change. Finally, they are less likely to hold xenophobic beliefs such as the notion of American exceptionalism and superiority that have been popular with by prior generations. The United States has been in a period of social and civil unrest in recent years with concerns over systematic racism, rampant inequalities, political polarization, xenophobia, police violence, sexual assault and harassment, and the growing epidemic of gun violence. Anxieties stirred by the COVID-19 pandemic further compounded these issues resulting in a powder keg explosion occurring throughout the summer of 2020 and leading well into 2021. As a result, the United States has deteriorated significantly in the Civil Unrest Index falling from 91st to 34th. The vitriol, polarization, protests, murders, and shootings have all occurred during Gen Z’s formative years, and the limited research available indicates that it has shaped their values and political views. Methodology: The Mid-Atlantic region is a portion of the United States that exists as the overlap between the northeastern and southeastern portions of the country. It includes the nation’s capital, as well as large urban centers, small cities, suburbs, and rural enclaves. It is one of the most socially, economically, racially, and culturally diverse parts of the United States and is often referred to as the “typically American region.” An electronic survey was administered to students from 2019 through 2021 attending a high school dual enrollment program, a minority serving institution, a majority serving institution, and a community college all located within the larger mid-Atlantic region. The survey included a combination of multiple response, Likert scaled, dichotomous, open ended, and ordinal questions. It was developed in the Survey Monkey system and reviewed by several content and methodological experts in order to examine bias, vagueness, or potential semantic problems. Finally, the survey was pilot tested prior to implementation in order to explore the efficacy of the research methodology. It was then modified accordingly prior to widespread distribution to potential participants. The surveys were administered to students enrolled in classes taught by the authors all of whom are educators. Participation was voluntary, optional, and anonymous. Over 800 individuals completed the survey with just over 700 usable results, after partial completes and the responses of individuals outside of the 18-24 age range were removed. Findings: Participants in this study overwhelmingly were users of social media. In descending order, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Tik Tok were the most popular social media services reported as being used. When volume of use was considered, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Twitter were the most cited with most participants reporting using Instagram and Snapchat multiple times a day. When asked to select which social media service they would use if forced to choose just one, the number one choice was YouTube followed by Instagram and Snapchat. Additionally, more than half of participants responded that they have uploaded a video to a video sharing site such as YouTube or Tik Tok. When asked about their familiarity with different technologies, participants overwhelmingly responded that they are “very familiar” with smart phones, searching the Web, social media, and email. About half the respondents said that they were “very familiar” with common computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite or Google Suite with another third saying that they were “somewhat familiar.” When asked about Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Blackboard, Course Compass, Canvas, Edmodo, Moodle, Course Sites, Google Classroom, Mindtap, Schoology, Absorb, D2L, itslearning, Otus, PowerSchool, or WizIQ, only 43% said they were “very familiar” with 31% responding that they were “somewhat familiar.” Finally, about half the students were either “very” or “somewhat” familiar with operating systems such as Windows. A few preferences with respect to technology in the teaching and learning process were explored in the survey. Most students (85%) responded that they want course announcements and reminders sent to their phones, 76% expect their courses to incorporate the use of technology, 71% want their courses to have course websites, and 71% said that they would rather watch a video than read a book chapter. When asked to consider the future, over 81% or respondents reported that technology will play a major role in their future career. Most participants considered themselves “informed” or “well informed” about current events although few considered themselves “very informed” or “well informed” about politics. When asked how they get their news, the most common forum reported for getting news and information about current events and politics was social media with 81% of respondents reporting. Gen Z is known to be an engaged generation and the participants in this study were not an exception. As such, it came as no surprise to discover that, in the past year more than 78% of respondents had educated friends or family about an important social or political issue, about half (48%) had donated to a cause of importance to them, more than a quarter (26%) had participated in a march or rally, and a quarter (26%) had actively boycotted a product or company. Further, about 37% consider themselves to be a social activist with another 41% responding that aren’t sure if they would consider themselves an activist and only 22% saying that they would not consider themselves an activist. When asked what issues were important to them, the most frequently cited were Black Lives Matter (75%), human trafficking (68%), sexual assault/harassment/Me Too (66.49%), gun violence (65.82%), women’s rights (65.15%), climate change (55.4%), immigration reform/deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) (48.8%), and LGBTQ+ rights (47.39%). When the schools were compared, there were only minor differences in social media use with the high school students indicating slightly more use of Tik Tok than the other participants. All groups were virtually equal when it came to how informed they perceived themselves about current events and politics. Consensus among groups existed with respect to how they get their news, and the community college and high school students were slightly more likely to have participated in a march, protest, or rally in the last 12 months than the university students. The community college and high school students were also slightly more likely to consider themselves social activists than the participants from either of the universities. When the importance of the issues was considered, significant differences based on institutional type were noted. Black Lives Matter (BLM) was identified as important by the largest portion of students attending the HBCU followed by the community college students and high school students. Less than half of the students attending the TWI considered BLM an important issue. Human trafficking was cited as important by a higher percentage of students attending the HBCU and urban high school than at the suburban and rural community college or the TWI. Sexual assault was considered important by the majority of students at all the schools with the percentage a bit smaller from the majority serving institution. About two thirds of the students at the high school, community college, and HBCU considered gun violence important versus about half the students at the majority serving institution. Women’s rights were reported as being important by more of the high school and HBCU participants than the community college or TWI. Climate change was considered important by about half the students at all schools with a slightly smaller portion reporting out the HBCU. Immigration reform/DACA was reported as important by half the high school, community college, and HBCU participants with only a third of the students from the majority serving institution citing it as an important issue. With respect to LGBTQ rights approximately half of the high school and community college participants cited it as important, 44.53% of the HBCU students, and only about a quarter of the students attending the majority serving institution. Contribution and Conclusion: This paper provides a timely investigation into the mindset of generation Z students living in the United States during a period of heightened civic unrest. This insight is useful to educators who should be informed about the generation of students that is currently populating higher education. The findings of this study are consistent with public opinion polls by Pew Research Center. According to the findings, the Gen Z students participating in this study are heavy users of multiple social media, expect technology to be integrated into teaching and learning, anticipate a future career where technology will play an important role, informed about current and political events, use social media as their main source for getting news and information, and fairly engaged in social activism. When institutional type was compared the students from the university with the more affluent and less diverse population were less likely to find social justice issues important than the other groups. Recommendations for Practitioners: During disruptive and contentious times, it is negligent to think that the abounding issues plaguing society are not important to our students. Gauging the issues of importance and levels of civic engagement provides us crucial information towards understanding the attitudes of students. Further, knowing how our students gain information, their social media usage, as well as how informed they are about current events and political issues can be used to more effectively communicate and educate. Recommendations for Researchers: As social media continues to proliferate daily life and become a vital means of news and information gathering, additional studies such as the one presented here are needed. Additionally, in other countries facing similarly turbulent times, measuring student interest, awareness, and engagement is highly informative. Impact on Society: During a highly contentious period replete with a large volume of civil unrest and compounded by a global pandemic, understanding the behaviors and attitudes of students can help us as higher education faculty be more attuned when it comes to the design and delivery of curriculum. Future Research This presentation presents preliminary findings. Data is still being collected and much more extensive statistical analyses will be performed.
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Abdurrahman, Muhammad Kamil Ghiffary. "United States–Russia Space Cooperation Post-Crimea Annexation." In Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (APRISH 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210531.021.

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Herdağdelen, Amaç, Bogdan State, Lada Adamic, and Winter Mason. "The social ties of immigrant communities in the United States." In WebSci '16: ACM Web Science Conference. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2908131.2908163.

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Csanyi, Peter. "EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED STATES AND THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP." In 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015. Stef92 Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2015/b21/s4.015.

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Walker, Jessie, Little Rock, and Nathan Harris. "Data Engineering 2.0 and United States Workforce: Social Implications of Technology." In SoutheastCon 2018. IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/secon.2018.8479238.

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Kamenecka-Usova, Marina. "RESOLUTION OF SPORTS RELATED DISPUTES: THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE." In 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018. STEF92 Technology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018h/11/s02.037.

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Sapir, Elena. "COMPETITIVENESS OF RUSSIAN AND UNITED STATES PHARMACEUTICAL EXPORTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS." In 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018. STEF92 Technology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018/1.5/s05.022.

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Cheung, D. P., and M. H. Gunes. "A Complex Network Analysis of the United States Air Transportation." In 2012 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2012). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2012.116.

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Chen, Lei. "Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Dental Care Industry in United States of America." In International Conference on Humanity and Social Science (ICHSS2016). WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789813208506_0066.

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Reports on the topic "Social indicators – United States"

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Raettig, Terry L. Trends in key economic and social indicators for Pacific Northwest states and counties. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-474.

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Fujiwara, Thomas, Karsten Müller, and Carlo Schwarz. The Effect of Social Media on Elections: Evidence from the United States. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w28849.

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Sanz, E., P. Alonso, B. Haidar, H. Ghaemi, and L. García. Key performance indicators (KPIs). Scipedia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23967/prodphd.2021.9.002.

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The project “Social network tools and procedures for developing entrepreneurial skills in PhD programmes” (prodPhD) aims to implement innovative social network-based methodologies for teaching and learning entrepreneurship in PhD programmes. The multidisciplinary teaching and learning methodologies to be developed will enable entrepreneurship education to be introduced into any PhD programme, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to engage in entrepreneurial activities. However, the use of the output of the project will depend on the nature and profile of the research or scientific field. In this context, key performance indicators (KPIs) form the base on which the quality and scope of the methodologies developed in the project will be quantified and benchmarked. The project’s final product will be an online tool that higher education students can use to learn entrepreneurship from a social network perspective. Performance measurement is one of the first steps of any project and involves the choice and use of indicators to measure the effectiveness and success of the project’s methods and results. All the KPIs have been selected according to criteria of relevance, measurability, reliability, and adequacy, and they cover the process, dissemination methods, and overall quality of the project. In this document, each KPI is defined together with the units and instruments for measuring it. In the case of qualitative KPIs, five-level Likert scales are defined to improve indicator measurability and reliability. The KPIs for prodPhD are divided into three main dimensions, depending on the stage of the project they evaluate. The three main dimensions are performance and development (which are highly related to the project’s process), dissemination and impact (which are more closely correlated with the project’s output), and overall project quality. Different sources (i.e., European projects and papers) have been drawn upon to define a set of 51 KPIs classified into six categories, according to the project phase they aim to evaluate. An Excel tool has been developed that collects all the KPIs analysed in the production of this document. This tool is shared in the Scipedia repository.
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Gindi, Renee. Health, United States, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:100685.

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Health, United States, 2019 is the 43rd report on the health status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Health, United States series presents an annual overview of national trends in key health indicators. The 2019 report presents trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures in a 20-figure chartbook. The Health, United States, 2019 Chartbook is supplemented by several other products including Trend Tables, an At-a-Glance table, and Appendixes available for download on the Health, United States website at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/ index.htm. The Health, United States, 2019 Chartbook contains 20 figures and 20 tables on health and health care in the United States. Examining trends in health informs the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and programs. The first section (Figures 1–13) focuses on health status and determinants: life expectancy, infant mortality, selected causes of death, overdose deaths, suicide, maternal mortality, teen births, preterm births, use of tobacco products, asthma, hypertension, heart disease and cancer, and functional limitations. The second section (Figures 14–15) presents trends in health care utilization: use of mammography and colorectal tests and unmet medical needs. The third section (Figures 16–17) focuses on health care resources: availability of physicians and dentists. The fourth section (Figures 18–20) describes trends in personal health care expenditures, health insurance coverage, and supplemental insurance coverage among Medicare beneficiaries. The Highlights section summarizes major findings from the Chartbook. Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2019. Hyattsville, MD. 2021.
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Fishback, Price. Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and the Nordic Countries: 1900-2003. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w15982.

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Alexander, Susan J., Sonja N. Oswalt, and Marla R. Emery. Nontimber forest products in the United States: Montreal Process indicators as measures of current conditions and sustainability. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-851.

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Bitler, Marianne, Hilary Hoynes, and Elira Kuka. Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w22682.

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Ojeda, Jesus H. Mexico: Its Economic, Political and Social Situation and Its Implications for the United States. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada236896.

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Will-Wolf, Susan, Sarah Jovan, Michael C. Amacher, and Paul L. Patterson. Lichen elemental indicators for air pollution in Eastern United States forests; a pilot study in the upper Midwest. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-985.

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Will-Wolf, Susan, Sarah Jovan, Michael C. Amacher, and Paul L. Patterson. Lichen elemental indicators for air pollution in Eastern United States forests; a pilot study in the upper Midwest. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-985.

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