AMERICA'S SOCIAL HEALTH
Selected ContentsIntroduction
Part I Social Reporting in American Life
Chapter 1 We Can Do Better: Toward a New Public Dialogue on Social Health
Chapter 2 Shaping Everyday Discourse: The News Media and Social Issues
Chapter 3 Social Reports: Institutionalizing the Reporting of Social Indicators
Chapter 4 Measuring Social Health: The Index of Social Health and the National Survey of Social Health
Part II A Closer Look: Key Indicators of Social Health
Chapter 5 Social Indicators for Children
Infant Mortality
Child
Abuse
Child
Poverty
Chapter 6 Social Indicators for Youth
Teenage Suicide
Teenage
Drug Abuse
High School Dropouts
Chapter 7 Social Indicators for Adults
Unemployment
Wages
Health
Insurance Coverage
Chapter 8 Social Indicators for the Elderly
Poverty, Ages 65 and Over
Out-of-Pocket
Health Costs, Ages 65 and Over
Chapter 9 Social Indicators for All Ages
Homicides
Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities
Access to Food Stamps
Affordable Housing
Income Inequality
Conclusion
Appendix A: Selected Social Indicator Data over Time
Appendix B: Technical Note on the Index of Social Health
Appendix C: Technical Note on the National Survey of Social Health
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