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Indicator |
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House price to income ratio |
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Used by: United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
Data source: proposed |
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Keywords: affordability, affordable, availability, cost, home ownership, housing |
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Number of homeless people |
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Comment: Official figures are probably an underestimate because they do not include people have not made their situation known by asking the District Council for help. |
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Used by: Fife Regional Council |
Data source: Population Censuses, Homelessness in Scotland: Scottish Office |
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City of Pasadena |
Unspecified |
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto |
City of Toronto, Department of Public Health |
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Keywords: availability, basic needs, connectedness, economy, homeless, housing, low income, mental illness, poverty, public shelters, shelter |
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7 |
Distribution of wealth |
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Used by: Maine Development Foundation |
Data source: Maine State Planning Office; US Census |
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South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable |
Unspecified |
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Sustainable Seattle |
US Census, City and County data books |
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Willapa Alliance |
US Census Bureau |
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Keywords: disparity, economy, equity, finance, income, investments, poverty, savings, tax, taxes, wealth |
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7 |
Number and value of business loans in low income area |
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Used by: City of Pasadena |
Data source: Unspecified |
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Keywords: banking, business, economy, equity, finance, investments, low income |
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7 |
Percent of jobs that pay a liveable wage for a family of two |
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Used by: Maine Development Foundation |
Data source: Maine Economic Growth Council; Maine Department of Labor |
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Keywords: basic needs, economy, income, low income, poverty, wages |
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7 |
Energy and machinery expenses as percent of gross farm income |
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Used by: Land Stewardship Project |
Data source: Income tax forms |
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Keywords: cost, economy, efficiency, energy, farm, finance, income |
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7 |
Corporate executive to production worker wages (ratio) |
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Used by: Silicon Valley - Working Partnerships USA |
Data source: San Jose Mercury News and California Development Department |
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Keywords: disparity, distribution, economy, equity, income, salary, wages |
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7 |
Percent of jobs that did not pay a self-sufficiency wage |
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Used by: Silicon Valley - Working Partnerships USA |
Data source: Economic Policy Institute and Wider Opportunities for Women |
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Keywords: basic needs, economy, income, jobs, low income, poverty |
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7 |
Income distribution |
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Used by: Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI) |
Data source: Economics and Statistics Administration., US Department of Commerce |
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Keywords: disparity, distribution, economy, equity, income |
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7 |
Percent of disposable personal income that is being saved |
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Used by: President's Council on Sustainable Development |
Data source: US Department of Commerce |
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Keywords: basic needs, economic security, economy, income, investments, savings |
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7 |
Average income of the bottom and top 20 percent |
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Used by: President's Council on Sustainable Development |
Data source: World Resources Institute |
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Keywords: disparity, distribution, diversity, economy, equity, income, jobs, salary, wages |
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6 |
Children living in poverty |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: US Census Bureau |
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Sustainable Seattle |
US Census |
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Keywords: children, economy, family, income, low income, poverty, youth |
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6 |
Hours of labor required to meet basic needs |
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Used by: Pierce County |
Data source: WA Employment Security Department; WA Department of Social and Health Services |
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South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable |
Unspecified |
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Sustainable Seattle |
Census, WA Department of Social & Health Services, |
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Keywords: basic needs, economy, employment, income, labor, leisure, needs, salary, wages |
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6 |
Population areas with poverty more than 1.5 times state rate |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: US Census Bureau |
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Keywords: economy, income, low income, poverty |
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6 |
Low-income renters paying more than 30 percent of income on rent |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: US Census Bureau |
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City of Pasadena |
Unspecified |
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Keywords: affordable, cost, housing, low income, rental |
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5 |
People living below the poverty line |
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Comment: Underestimate because: does not take into account dependents and partners who are also being supported, perhaps 25% of those eligible do make claims, and those paid in work may be on very low earnings. |
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Used by: Fife Regional Council |
Data source: Fife Regional Council: a Social Needs Strategy, Reid Howe Association: Income Deprivation |
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City of Pasadena |
Unspecified |
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South Puget Sound - Sustainable Community Roundtable |
1990 Census |
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto |
Statistics Canada |
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Keywords: basic needs, economic security, economy, income, low income, poverty, public assistance |
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5 |
Manufacturing wage and salary earnings as a percent of total income |
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Used by: Pierce County |
Data source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Economic Analysis; WA Employment Security Department |
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Keywords: diversity, economy, income, manufacturing, salary, wages |
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5 |
Food stamp recipients |
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Comment: Relies on national standards |
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Used by: Community Planning Council of Greenville County |
Data source: SC Department of Social Service, 'Annual Report'; SC State Data Center |
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto |
Daily Bread Food Bank |
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Keywords: AFDC, basic needs, charity, economy, food, income, low income, poverty, public assistance, subsidized |
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5 |
Length of time on welfare |
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Used by: Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto |
Data source: Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Community Services Department |
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Keywords: basic needs, charity, economy, income, public assistance, subsidized, welfare |
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5 |
Tuition net cost as percent of disposable income |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: State Profiles: Financing Public Higher Education; Washington DC: Research Association |
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Keywords: access, affordability, college, cost, education, post-secondary, tuition, university |
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5 |
Low-income housing with severe physical problem |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: MN Housing Finance Agency |
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Keywords: affordable, condition, housing, low income, subsidized |
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5 |
Median family income as percent of median single family house price |
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Used by: Pierce County |
Data source: Tacoma/Pierce Co Chamber of Commerce; US Department of HUD |
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Keywords: affordability, cost, home ownership, housing, income |
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5 |
Median family income as percent of average rent on two-bedroom apartment |
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Used by: Pierce County |
Data source: Tacoma/Pierce Co Chamber of Commerce; US Department of HUD |
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Keywords: affordability, cost, housing, income, rental |
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5 |
Median family income as percent of annual single family house mortgage payment |
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Used by: Pierce County |
Data source: US Department of HUD; Tacoma Real Estate Research Committee |
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Keywords: affordability, cost, housing, income, mortgage |
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Housing that is inadequate, overcrowded, or costs over 30% of income |
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Used by: Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI) |
Data source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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Keywords: affordable, condition, cost, housing |
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4 |
Students eligible for free or reduced price lunch |
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Comment: Not all those eligible may be applying. |
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Used by: Community Planning Council of Greenville County |
Data source: SC Department of Education, 'Ranking of Counties and School Districts' |
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Jacksonville Community Council Inc. |
Unspecified |
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Keywords: children, economy, education, food, income, low income, poverty, public assistance, schools, student, subsidized, youth |
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4 |
Number or percent of residents receiving welfare assistance |
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Used by: Alberta Treasury |
Data source: Alberta Department of Family and Social Services |
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Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Council |
Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, Community Services Department |
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City of Pasadena |
Unspecified |
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Healthy City Office - Corporation of the City of Toronto |
Municipality of Toronto, Community Services Department |
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Keywords: basic needs, charity, economy, income, low income, poverty, public assistance, subsidized, welfare |
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4 |
Health care as percent of income |
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Comment: Does not address effectiveness of resource use, lack of access to health services, or amount spent caring for illness vs. promoting health. |
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Used by: Sustainable Seattle |
Data source: WA Office of Financial Management '1990 Health Care Estimates' May 1992 |
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Keywords: accessibility, cost, health, health care |
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4 |
Income disparity among counties |
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Comment: Income doesn't always indicate ability to meet basic needs. |
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Used by: Maine Development Foundation |
Data source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Keywords: disparity, economy, equity, income |
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4 |
Households with incomes more than 200 percent above poverty line |
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Used by: Minnesota Planning |
Data source: US Census Bureau |
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Keywords: economy, income, low income, poverty |
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