Category: Social Data

Social Inequality: Gini Coefficients by Country

Social Inequality: Gini Coefficients by Country

| December 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Social scientists generally believe that one of the roots of instability in any society is the level of social inequality that exists. The greater the gap between the rich and the poor, the greater the likelihood of such problems as crime, terrorism and political instability. [...]

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Human Development Index Ranking by Country

Human Development Index Ranking by Country

| December 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

One convenient way to make international comparisons for living abroad is to look at a country’s Human Development Index ranking. This measure is a single statistic that combines several other measurements to obtain a single measure of a human development index ranking. The Human Development [...]

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