- Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
- SDI Inventory, Organized by Issue
- Working Draft, Version 3, October 8, 1996
Definition: A state of estrangement between a person and the objective world
Candidate SDI:
- Collaborations (41 PCSD)
- Definition: number of public-private partnerships, goal-setting projects, and consensus-building efforts
- SDI Framework Element: Organizing People (1.3.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Programs
- Suicide Rate (380 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of people who commit suicide each year
- SDI Framework Element: Population (1.1.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- TV Viewing Time (129 SDI Group)
- Definition: amount of TV watching
- SDI Framework Element: Leisure Time (1.1.1.4)
- Element Characteristic: Time
- Voter Sentiments (128 SDI Group)
- Definition: voter sentiments
- SDI Framework Element: Organizing People (1.3.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Voters
Definition: An increase in the acts committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction; a serious moral offense; an unjust, senseless act
Candidate SDI:
- Crime Rate (449 SDI Group)
- Definition: Overall crime rate for the United States
- SDI Framework Element: Human Relationships (2.3.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Crimes
- Prison Capacity (379 SDI Group)
- Definition: Maximum allowable number of inmates in Federal, state, and local prisons infrastructure
- SDI Framework Element: Justice, Public Order and Safety (1.1.2.3.7.5)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Prison Population (378 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of inmates in Federal, state, and local prisons
- SDI Framework Element: Population (1.1.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Time with Children (134 SDI Group)
- Definition: hours spent with children
- SDI Framework Element: Development Time (1.1.1.2)
- Element Characteristic: Time
- Violent Crime Rate (30 PCSD)
- Definition: violent crime rates
- SDI Framework Element: Human Relationships (2.3.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Crimes
Definition: The reliability and dependability of human groups related by blood or marriage; unwanted changes in the traditional family structure (as defined by the local community)
Candidate SDI:
- Divorce Rate (132 SDI Group)
- Definition: divorce rate
- SDI Framework Element: Families and Households (1.3.4.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Divorces
- Family Function (433 SDI Group)
- Definition: Measure of families effectively performing its basic functions. This serves as a placeholder until a better, more specific measure gets defined.
- SDI Framework Element: Families and Households (1.3.4.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Divorces
- Single Parent Families (381 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of families headed by a single parent
- SDI Framework Element: Families and Households (1.3.4.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Families
Definition: The ability or willingness (or lack thereof) of people within a community to work or act together towards a common goal or mutual benefit; cooperation; community capacity, community building, volunteerism, "village"
Candidate SDI:
- Community Group Participation (40 PCSD)
- Definition: The average number of hours per week per capita devoted to participation in community organizations
- SDI Framework Element: Social Processes (3.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Participants
- Community Groups (127 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of community groups
- SDI Framework Element: Community Service Organizations (1.3.4.2)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Community Groups
- Community Organization Participation (39 PCSD)
- Definition: Percent of population participating in community organizations
- SDI Framework Element: Social Processes (3.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Participants
- Television Viewing Time (435 SDI Group)
- Definition: Total number of hours per day of television viewing time per person, as identified by Putnam
- SDI Framework Element: Leisure Time (1.1.1.4)
- Element Characteristic: Time
- Voter Turnout (38 PCSD)
- Definition: percentage of eligible voters who cast ballots in national, state, and local elections
- SDI Framework Element: Social Processes (3.3)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Voters
Definition: Systematic use of violence, overwhelming fear or intimidation to achieve an end
Candidate SDI:
- Acts of Terrorism (363 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of terrorist acts within the United States
- SDI Framework Element: Social Conflict (3.3.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Acts
- Terrorist Groups (364 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of terrorist or militant groups that sponsor or stage terrorist acts within the United States
- SDI Framework Element: Political and Non Government Organizations (1.3.4.12)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Groups
Definition: A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties
Candidate SDI:
- Combat Casualties (416 SDI group)
- Definition: Number of American soldiers killed in any combat, occupation, or war zone as a function of time
- SDI Framework Element: Social Conflict (3.3.6)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Casualties