Avoiding Future Shock: The Role of Social Indicators and Social Observatories.

Barabba, Vincent P.

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Avoiding Future Shock: The Role of Social Indicators and Social Observatories

Barabba, Vincent P.

NUEA Spectator, 39, 22, 25-8, Dec 75

A system of social reporting, developing from the interchange of national and local data, is seen as possible by the National Census Bureau, and development of such a system is discussed. National, regional, and local decision makers would benefit from the quick dissemination of data from social indicators systems. (LH)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Information Systems, National Programs, Social Indicators, Sociocultural Patterns, Systems Concepts, Systems Development

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