SIMon
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SIMon (Social Indicators Monitor) is an online information system and allows free access to the time series data from two systems of social indicators developed and maintained by the Social Indicators Research Centre of GESIS.
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Systems of Social Indicators
The German System of Social Indicators
The German System of Social Indicators is an instrument that has been developed with a view to monitor well-being - in terms of objective living conditions as well as subjective quality of life - and social change in Germany. It covers: 14 life domains has almost 400 indicators (90 of which are "Key Indicators") The data has been collected since the early 1950s and has over 3000 time series
The European System of Social Indicators
The European System of Social Indicators is an instrument to be used to continuously monitor and analyze the individual and societal well-being of European citizens in terms of quality of life, social cohesion and sustainability as well as changes in the social structure of European societies. The European System of Social Indicators covers the current EU-27 member states, Norway and Switzerland as well as Japan and the United States as two major reference societies. At present there are time series data available for roughly 650 indicators from 9 out of the projected 13 life-domains.
Selected key indicators address dimensions of well-being and social change which are considered particularly important. Time series start at the beginning of the 1980s. Most of the indicators time series are broken down by various socio-demographic variables. Also regional disaggregations at the NUTS-1-level are available whenever possible and meaningful. The European System of Social Indicators is based on data sources ensuring the best possible level of comparability across countries and time. The data sources used include international aggregate official statistics as well as microdata from various official as well as science based cross-national surveys. The European System of Social Indicators may be used for all kinds of comparative research on quality of life, social cohesion, sustainability, social structures and value orientations within and across the countries covered. As a tool to monitor progress in terms of individual and societal well-being as well as general social change across European societies, it may also be used for policy making purposes (more information).
About SIMon
SIMon is a free tool that allows users to:
- browse and select indicators according to their needs (hierarchical and geographical data selection modes)
- to visualize and display data as charts (e.g. line chart, bar chart, scatterplot, boxplot), maps and tables provides tools for table manipulation and basic data analysis allows to print and export data and charts in different formats (PDF, Excel-Tables, JPG, HTML) to be used in other applications
- provides efficient search and help functions
- allows bilingual utilization (English, German) for the German Indicator System
