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IPS246 Oscar Gasca Brito
2. Methodology
In this international context, the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), of which Mexico is a member, echoed that proposal
and in 2011 launched the initiative for a Better Life, which is composed of two
major elements:
· How is life?: a report that for the first time, brought together eleven
specific aspects of well-being such as housing, income, employment,
community, education, the environment, civic engagement, health,
satisfaction with the life, safety, balance between life and work, as well
as two transversal dimensions: sustainability and inequalities for all
OECD countries.
· The Better Life Index: an online tool that proposes to the citizens of the
different member countries to join the debate on social progress and to
qualify each one of the eleven themes and thus create their own
perspective to measure and compare welfare between countries. Each
of the 11 topics is based on one or more available indicators and within
each theme; the indicators are calculated with similar importance level.
The indicators were chosen based on various statistical criteria such as
relevance (apparently depth political relevance), quality of the
information (prediction validity, coverage, punctuality, comparability
between countries, etc.) as well as consultations with member countries
of the OECD. The following indicators composed each themes:

Table 1: OECD themes and indicators
Themes Indicators
Housing expenditure
Housing Dwellings with basic facilities
Rooms per person

Household financial wealth
Income
Household net adjusted disposable income
Job security
Personal earnings
Jobs Long term unemployment rate
Employment rate
Community Quality of support network

Years in education
Education Student skills
Educational attainment
Water quality
Environment Air pollution

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