Contents
I. Introduction
1. Monitoring Social Change in American Society - Eleanor Bernert Sheldon and Wilbert E. Moore
Major Structural Change and its Measurement
A Changing American Society
Recommendations for Future Developments
II. The Demographic Base
Population Trends Since 1790
Sources and Limitations of Data
Definitions of Included Population
Data on Population Characteristics
Some Future Data Needs
III. Structural Features
3. Production of Goods and Services: The Measurement of Economic Growth - A. W. Sametz
Real Per Capita GNP
Allowing for the Increase in the Quality of Output and of Input
Allowing for the Fall in Nonmarket "Sales" and the Rise of "Industrialization" Costs
Developing the "Welfare Output" Indicator
Social Welfare and Happiness
Patterns of Labor Force Supply
Status Changes in the Labor Market
Trends in the Distribution of Employment
Stability and Change in the Labor Market
Data Development
5. The Measurement of Knowledge and Technology - Daniel Bell
Theoretical Perspective
The Dimensions of Knowledge
The Measurement of Technological Change
The Structure of the Knowledge Society
Coda
6. The Changing Politics of American Life - Joyce M. and William C. Mitchell
Formal Political Structures and Processes
Policy and Policy-Making
Changing Political Activities of Citizens
Changing Governmental Activities
Some Changing Impacts of the Polity on Society
An Agenda for Research
7. The Theory and Measurement of Family Change - William J. Goode
Renewed Interest in the Theory of Change
Types of Problems in Family Change
Types of Units to be Observed
The Uses of Historical Data
Family Change Analysis for the Future
8. Trends and Anti-Trends in Religious Change - N. J. Demerath III
Discerning and Disputing Trends in Formal Religious Participation
Yesterday's Villiage Atheist, Today's Theologian, Tomorrow's Parishioner: Trends in Religious Belief?
Change in Church Organization: Differentiation and Bureaucratization
The Ecumenical Tide and its Backwash
Summary and Qualifications
IV. Distributive Features
9. Consumption: A Report on Contemporary Issues - Milton Moss
Growth in the Total Economy
Measures of the Inequalities of Economic Growth
Choice and Consumer Behavior
Anticipating Effects of Consumer Behavior on the Economy
Knowledge and the Consumer: Concluding Remarks
10. The Definition and Measurement of Leisure - Philip H. Ennis
Problems of Definition
Problems of Measurement
Problems of Distribution
Organizational Patterns
The Quality of Leisure
Infant Mortality
Total Mortality
National Illness Statistics
Definition of Health and Disease
Possible Indicators of Health
Problems in Developing an Index of Health
Summary
12. Trends in Output and Distribution of Schooling - Beverly Duncan
Output and Duration of Schooling
The Distribution of Schooling
Differential Schooling Among Subpopulations
Grades Completed as an Indicator of Education
Some Future Data Needs
V. Aggregative Features
The Trend of Professional Opinion
Stratification Concepts
Measuring the Trend in Social Stratification
Prospects for Trend Analyses
Concepts and Measurements
Problems of Measurement
Trends in the Level and Distribution of Income
Directions for Future Research
Index