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Social Indicators and Congressional Needs for Information

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  • Elmer B. Staats

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The second edition of Social Indicators again presents valuable information on the social well-being of the nation. The Congress of the United States, in its appropriation, authorization, budgeting, and oversight functions, has a growing need for social statistics. These statistics are increasingly being used in program operations—in some cases triggering the beginning and end of programs and in other cases targeting funds under allocation formulas. Congressional needs also exist for social indicator information in the oversight functions. Social indicators can provide a data base for program evaluation and policy analysis of social programs, however they are only a part of the federal statistical system. The Congress is taking a closer look at that highly decentralized system in an attempt to specify statistical needs of government better, to establish priorities for statistics, and to consider improvements to the current system.

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  • Elmer B. Staats, 1978. "Social Indicators and Congressional Needs for Information," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 435(1), pages 277-285, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:435:y:1978:i:1:p:277-285
    DOI: 10.1177/000271627843500116
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