Sustainable Development Indicator Group

Working Draft Framework, Version 2, June 4, 1996

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1.1.1.1 Capacity for Work

Definition: The capacities, skills, personality, and capabilities of an individual.

Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary

Capacity for Work Categories:

1.1.1.1.1 Experience: The knowledge or skill derived from active participation in events or activities; the totality of such events in the past of an individual. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.1.1.1.2 Health: The physical and mental condition of the individual. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.1.1.1.3 Individual Knowledge: Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction; the sum or range of what has been percieved, discovered, or learned by an individual. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.1.1.1.4 Personality: The totality of qualities or traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to an individual. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.1.1.1.5 Skills: The collective set of arts, trades, techniques, or abilities, especially those requiring the hands or body. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)