Social
Status
- Levels of ‘Citizenship’ – e.g.
participation
- Social Stratification 1 – differences between ‘classes’
- Social Stratification 2 – differences within ‘classes’
- Social cohesion – levels of conflict between groups
- Mutuality – sense of shared values
- Exclusion – difficulty in accessing ‘normal’ society
Incomes
- Economic growth – growth or decline
- Debt – levels of debt
- Income inequality – differences between best- and worst-off,
and average
- Resources – access to basic materials for prosperity
- Minimum incomes – incomes of the worst off
- Homelessness – numbers and state of people without stable
homes
Education
- Access to formal education – numbers accessing different
levels of education
- Quality of institutions – ‘experience’ of
learning and education
- Information – availability of basic advice and information
- Awareness – levels of awareness of basic health concepts
- Access to support services – e.g. learning support
Work
- Rewards – levels and availability of financial rewards
for work
- Demands – levels and prevalence of demands imposed by
work
- Labour market – openness and flexibility of labour movement
- Opportunity – access to and range of challenges and
opportunities available
- Insecurity – perceived levels of job insecurity and
fear of unemployment
- Variety – opportunity to vary routine
- Working hours – length of working days and weeks, holiday
time
- Training – access to and range of work-related training
and development available
- Employment – proportion of population in employment
Mental Health
- Emotional literacy – levels of emotional and ‘life’ skills
- Social networks – levels of contact with different networks
- Stress – levels of stress and anxiety
- Control – perceived levels of control and autonomy
- Social capital – levels of volunteering and participation
- Human capital – levels of variety in the population
- Trust – levels of trust
- Feeling valued – perceived levels of self-worth
- Family – levels and quality of interactions with family
- Friends – levels and quality of interactions with friends
- Cultural life – involvement in and quality of cultural
activities
- Isolation – perceived levels of isolation from social
networks
- Confidence – levels of confidence and ambition
Physical Health
- Affordable food – price of nutritious, healthy foods
- Food quality – availability and choice of nutritious
healthy foods
- Exercise – levels of physical activity and exercise
- Harmful Drugs – prevalence of harmful drug use
- Alcohol – prevalence of alcohol abuse
- Tobacco – prevalence of smoking
- Access to services – availability and range of health
care services
Physical Environment
- Green spaces – availability and quality of public
green spaces
- Pollution – levels of pollution in air, water, soil,
food etc
- Transport – access to and quality of transport options
- Roads – location and congestion of roads
- Traffic – volume of traffic and levels of road safety
- Vehicles – safety and sustainability of vehicles
- Public transport – access to and quality of public buses,
railways etc
- Planning processes – sensitivity of planning decisions
- Housing – quality and location of housing
Quality of Life
- Crime – levels and concentrations of non-violent crime
- Violence – levels and concentrations of violent crime
- Sanitation – availability and quality of sanitation
services
- Deprivation – levels and concentrations of absolute
deprivation
- Services and Amenities – access to and quality of basic
services and amenities
Parenting and Infancy
- Pre-natal parenting
– behaviour of mothers during pregnancy
- Post-natal parenting
– behaviour of carers in first 2 years after birth
- Stimulation – physical, intellectual, emotional experience of infant
- Early intervention – availability and use of necessary medical, social interventions
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