social indicator

Social indicators are set of indicators that measure progress towards the policy objectives designed for promoting employment, combating poverty, improving living and working conditions, combating exclusion, developing human resources, etc. Social indicators are also part of Sustainable development indicators as well as the Lisbon strategy. Regarding the Lisbon strategy the role of social indicators is ' to describe the present situation and main challenges for poverty and social exclusion policies in the EU, provide a launched for strengthening policies and programmes across the EU - covering the key aspects of monetary poverty, such as level, persistence, depth, changes through time, as well as the key breakdowns by gender, age, household types and occupation, the multidimensional aspect of poverty in the areas of employment, housing, health and education - areas to which Member States have devoted a particular attention in their National Action Plans against poverty and social exclusion'.