When decisions are driven by data, it matters what the data are and, more importantly, what they measure. The metric can become an organization’s mission, influence a policy’s objectives and goals, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. People’s engagement in society, their associations and networks, and the ...

A range of factors having to do with the social capital characteristics of communities, and, more generally, of society, have been linked to outcomes in population health, economic performance, social ...