Indicators of social sustainability

Abstract

The proposed fact-type social indicators can be classified according to data attainability in the following way: 1. Data needed for several indicators can be obtained free of charge from online databases (database of the National Employment Service; Police, Prosecution and Criminal Statistics; Regional Informational Public Education Database) at the level of settlements, in yearly divisions. Indicators concerning registered unemployment (4.2.), security (9.1.), and the number of non-governmental organizations (8.1.) belong to this category. We note that if settlements were constrained to cities, demographic (1.1. and 1.2.) and educational (3.1. and 3.2.) indicators would also belong to this category, since data for such indicators can be obtained from the statistical almanacs of counties. 2. At the level of all settlements, the demographic (1.1. and 1.2.) and the educational (3.1. and 3.2.) indicators can be obtained from the T-STAR database, which can be used for a fee. 3. Data on electoral participation (8.2.) can only be obtained from the Ministry of Interior (National Bureau of Election) database. This online database, which is updated in every fourth year and divided into settlements, is free of charge. 4. Data needed for the indicators related to the state of health (2.1. - 2.4.) can only be obtained in national or regional divisions, from two databases. Data needed for the indicator concerning employment (4.1.) can only be obtained in micro-regional or county divisions.