Annex I - Education and Training
Education and training are important conditions for increasing the individuals’ control over
the reality they live and for improving their self-esteem. The commodities that signify the
functioning Education and Training are School Teachers, Cultural and Recreational Expenses
and Training.
Figure I.I - Education and Training
Non repeating students
School Teachers
Flux ST
Social deterioration
Flux CRE
Juvenil delinquency
R&D
Training
Family with PC
Growth CRE
Students vs teachers
Firm birthrate
Growth T
Growth ST
Books
Flux T
Cult&Ric Expenses
School enrollment
School Teachers
The indicator School Teachers is the number of total school teachers, year 1998-99 (source:
elaboration from ASRL, tables, 24.05.02.03, 24.05.03.01, 24.05.04.02). This indicator is a proxy
of education and a determinant of well-being. It is corrected by the following conversion factors.
• Books (family I): people over 6 who have read at least a book in the last 12 months,
year 2000 (source: ASRL, table 31.02.02). The books are supposed to favor
education.
• Family with PC (family III): number of families owning a PC, year 2000 (source:
ASRL, table 57.01.09). This indicator favors the conversion of School Teacher.
• Non repeating students (family I): percentage of non-repeating students, year 1998-
99 (source: Istat, Indagine scuola secondaria 2002). This personal conversion factor
is supposed to favor education.
• School enrollment (family 3): high school enrollment rate, year 1997 (source: Istat,
Demos-Sistema di indicatori sociali39, table 13). This indicator favors the conversion
of School Teachers.
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