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Tweet[IWS] New!-EUROPEAN SOCIAL STATISTICS [online][21 February 2014]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Commission
Eurostat
New!-EUROPEAN SOCIAL STATISTICS [online][21 February 2014]
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/European_social_statistics
European social statistics is an online Eurostat publication presenting a complete overview of recent social statistics for the European Union (EU).
This article is an introduction to the online version of the Eurostat publication 'European social statistics'.
The pocketbook 'European Social Statistics' (also downloadable as a pdf here) provides a comparative overview of the available social statistics in Europe. The most recent data are presented showing the situation in the 27 Member States and at the European and Euro area levels (EU-27 and EA-17 aggregates) where relevant as well as in EFTA countries (including Iceland that is also a candidate country) and candidate countries when available (Montenegro, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). The pocketbook, intended for both generalists and specialists, is divided into seven parts.
Each of the seven chapters focuses on an area of social conditions. Within each chapter, a range of policy-relevant indicators, as well as more descriptive data, are presented in tables and graphs and accompanied by a short commentary.
Chapter 1 presents the recent demographic trends in population growth, fertility, mortality and migration; the chapter also provides background characteristics on households’ composition;
Chapter 2 covers health issues and presents indicators on healthy life expectancies, statistics on causes on death, healthcare, and health and safety at work.
Chapter 3 presents the most recent data on education and training (i.e. school enrolment, tertiary education, foreign language learning, lifelong learning and educational expenditure);
Chapter 4 provides important indicators related to the labour market outcomes (i.e. employment, unemployment, vacant posts, wage levels, labour costs).
Chapter 5 covers indicators related to income, poverty and social exclusion, material deprivation and housing;
Chapter 6 gives an overview on social protection statistics - social protection expenditure and social protection benefits. Finally,
chapter 7 provides an overview of the most recent crime and criminal justice statistics.
European social statistics are also an integral part of the European Union strategy – the Europe 2020 strategy – to develop as a smarter, knowledge-based, greener economy, and deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion.
The key objectives of the strategy are expressed in the form of five headline targets at the EU level, monitored by means of eight headline indicators. The progress achieved in implementing some of these targets (in the areas of employment, education and poverty/social exclusion) is measured with help of social statistics.
The publication also presents the latest results for ‘social’ headline indicators on the EU-27 aggregates, individual Member States and, where available, on the EFTA and the candidate countries.
Table of contents
Abstract
Eurostat and the European Statistical System
1.1 European population compared with world population
1.2 Population structure and ageing
1.3 Population and population change
1.7 Mortality and life expectancy
1.8 Migration and migrant population
2.6 Determinants of health - overweight and obesity
2.7 Determinants of health - smoking, nutrition and exercise
3.3 Educational level of attainment
4.1 Labour market participation
4.4 People outside the labour market
4.9 Labour market policy interventions
5.4 Risk of poverty or social exclusion
5.5 Material deprivation and low work intensity
5.6 Over-indebtedness and financial exclusion
6.2 Social benefits by function
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