- Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
- SDI Inventory, Organized by Issue
- Working Draft, Version 3, October 8, 1996
Definition: Fair and impartial distribution of income and access to natural resources regardless of economic or social status
Candidate SDI:
- Income Trends (11 PCSD)
- Definition: wage level for different economic groups
- SDI Framework Element: Income (3.1.4)
- Element Characteristic: Income
- Urban Suburb Income (36 PCSD)
- Definition: disparity in per capita income between urban areas and their suburbs
- SDI Framework Element: Income (3.1.4)
- Element Characteristic: Income
Definition: The lack of means for individuals to provide for their material needs or comforts; inequitable geographic or social distribution of wealth, income, or material goods (actual or perceived)
Candidate SDI:
- Community Income Per Capita (29 PCSD)
- Definition: local per capita income and employment
- SDI Framework Element: Income (3.1.4)
- Element Characteristic: Income
- Decreased Poor People (7 PCSD)
- Definition: Decreased number of people living below the poverty line.
- SDI Framework Element: Determining Access to Resources (1.3.2.3.2)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Income Distribution (133 SDI Group)
- Definition: distribution of income per capita arranged to show the percentage of the population at various levels of income
- SDI Framework Element: Economic Output (2.1)
- Element Characteristic: income
- People in Poverty (163 CEQ)
- Definition: number of people living below the poverty level
- SDI Framework Element: Determining Access to Resources (1.3.2.3.2)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Poor Families (404 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of families living below the poverty line
- SDI Framework Element: Families and Households (1.3.4.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Families
- Really Poor People (226 UN CSD)
- Definition: Population living in absolute poverty ( and %) Gini coefficient of income
- SDI Framework Element: Determining Access to Resources (1.3.2.3.2)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
Definition: Dependency on the public dole for sufficient food, shelter, and material needs
Candidate SDI:
- Welfare Dependants (366 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of people receiving financial aid from Federal, state, and local governments. This excludes recipients of Medicare and related programs.
- SDI Framework Element: Population (1.1.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Welfare Spending (367 SDI Group)
- Definition: Money spent by Federal, State, and local governments on welfare, except Medicare and related programs.
- SDI Framework Element: Expenditures (3.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Amount of Money Spent