Society at a glance [electronic resource] : Asia/Pacific 2011

2011·3 MB·English

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Society at a Glance
Asia/Pacific 2011
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Society at a Glance
Asia/Pacific
2011
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FOREWORD
Foreword
ThisisthesecondeditionofSocietyataGlance:Asia/Pacific,thebiennialOECDoverviewof
socialindicators.Thisreportaddressesthegrowingdemandforquantitativeevidenceonthestateof
andtrendsinsocialwell-being.Itupdatessomeindicatorsincludedinthefirsteditionandaddssome
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strongfocusonsimplelanguageandashortertext.Chartsandboxesaredirectandsimpleand
reflectahigherdegreeofstandardisation.Webelievethatsuchanapproachisessentialinthis
increasinglyinformation-richage.
The2011reportincludes36countriesandeconomiesforwhichcomparabledataareavailable,
comparedtothe25coveredinthe2009edition.
Thisreportincludesaspecialfocusonunpaidwork(Chapter1).Italsoprovidesaguidetohelp
readersinunderstandingthestructureofsocialindicators(Chapter2),andasummary-Societyat
aGlance,ataglance(Chapter3).Moredetailedinformationonallindicators,includingthosenotin
thisedition,canbefoundontheOECDwebpages(www.oecd.org/els/social/indicators).
ThisreportwaspreparedbySimonChappie.Asthisreportaddressesawiderangeoftopics,it
wouldhavebeenimpossibletocompletewithoutthecontributionsofmanypeopleinsideand
outsidetheOECDSocialPolicyDivision.TheseincludeAlexandraBytchkova,MichaelDeLooper,
AngelicaDelPero,PaulineFron,MaximeLadaique,LucaLorenzoni,MarleneMohier,AndrewReilly
andKimRobin.MonikaQueisser,HeadoftheOECDSocialPolicyDivision,supervisedthereport.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
Tableofcontents
AcronymsandConventionalSigns 7
OECD/KoreaPolicyCentre 9
Chapter1.HowdoPeopleintheAsia/PacificRegionSpendtheirTime? 11
Whytimeuseisanimportantsocialindicator 12
Thechallengeoftime-usecomparisonsacrossAsia/Pacificcountries
andeconomies 12
Country-specificissuesfromthesurveys 15
Workingtime 16
Freetime 18
Conclusion 22
Notes 23
Furtherreading 23
Chapter2.InterpretingOECDSocialIndicators 25
Thepurposeofsocialindicators 26
TheframeworkofOECDsocialindicators 26
Theselectionanddescriptionofindicators 28
Whatcanbefoundinthispublication 31
Chapter3.SocietyataGlance:AnOverview 33
Chapter4.GeneralContextIndicators 37
GE1.GDPpercapita 38
GE2.Fertility 40
GE3.Marriageanddivorce 42
GE4.Migration 44
GE5.Supportrate 46
Chapter5.Self-sufficiencyIndicators 49
551.Employment 50
552.Unemployment 52
553.Education 54
554.Earlychildhoodeducation 56
555.Educationspending 58
Chapter6.EquityIndicators 61
EQ1.Poverty 62
EQ2.Incomeinequality 64
EQ3.Genderratio 66
EQ4.Pensions 68
EQ5.Socialspending 70
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
Chapter7.HealthIndicators 73
HE1.Lifeexpectancy 74
HE2.Infantmortality 76
HE3.Waterandsanitation 78
HE4.Adultheight 80
HE5.Healthexpenditure 82
Chapter8.SocialCohesionIndicators 85
COl.Lifesatisfaction 86
C02.Trust 88
C03.Socialbehaviour 90
C04.Suicide 92
C05.Voting 94
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ACRONYMSANDCONVENTIONALSIGNS
AcronymsandConventionalSigns
Asia/PacificcountriesandeconomiesISOcodes
Armenia ARM
Azerbaijan AZE
Bangladesh BGD
Bhutan BTN
BruneiDarussalam BRN
Cambodia KHM
China CHN
FHiojingKong(China) FHJKIG
India IND
Indonesia IDN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Korea,DemocraticPeople'sRepublicof PRK
Kyrgyzstan KGZ
LaoPeople'sDemocraticRepublic LAO
Macao(China) MAC
Malaysia MYS
Maldives MDV
Mongolia MNG
Myanmar MMR
Nepal NPL
Pakistan PAK
PapuaNewGuinea PNG
PShaimliopapines WPHSLM
Singapore SGP
SriLanka LKA
Tajikistan TJK
Thailand THA
Timor-Leste TLS
Tonga TON
VietNam VNM
OECDAsia/PacificcountriesISOcodes
Australia AUS
Japan JPN
Korea,Republicof KOR
NewZealand NZL
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