The indicators in the following list are those rated 5 or higher from Appendix A of the 
The Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, Second Edition, by Maureen Hart, 1999.
Indicators from the Economy Category of Appendix A:
Diversity Indicators:
- Unemployment rate by ethnicity
- Discrimination in the workplace
- Occupational distribution of women and minorities
- Number of commercial crop varieties
- Employment by sector
- Employment by top five employers
Employment Indicators:
- Average age of commercial fish harvesters
- Percent of residents who want to work full time who actually work full time
- Long-term unemployment
- Manufacturing wage and salary jobs as a percent of total jobs
- Real unemployment (estimated)
Income Indicators:
- Distribution of wealth
- Percent of jobs that pay a liveable wage for a family of two
- Corporate executive to production worker wages (ratio)
- Percent of jobs that did not pay a self-sufficiency wage
- Income distribution
- Percent of disposable personal income that is being saved
- Average income of the bottom and top 20 percent
- Hours of labor required to meet basic needs
- Manufacturing wage and salary earnings as a percent of total income
- Food stamp recipients
- Length of time on welfare
Children Indicators:
- Children living in poverty
Finance Indicators:
- Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
- Number and value of business loans in low income area
- Percent of products and services where price reflects life-cycle cost
- Energy and machinery expenses as percent of gross farm income
- Per capita debt
- GDP per capita adjusted for natural resource depletion
- Environmentally adjusted Net Domestic Product
Indicators from the Government Category of Appendix A:
Diversity Indicators:
- Racial and ethnic representation in Legislature
- Racial/gender diversity of city council members
- Women who are legislators or officers
Related Topics:
http://www.sdi.gov/indicators/ci_equal.htm
Last Modified: May 13, 2002
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