List of Useful Indicators Used in Monitoring & Evaluation Studies

 
 

Economic Development Indicators

  • Average annual household income
  • Average weekly / monthly wages
  • Employment, by age group
  • Unemployment, by age group, by gender
  • Employment, by occupation, by gender
  • Government employment
  • Earned income levels
  • Average length of unemployment period
  • Default rates on loans
  • Ratio of home owners to renters
  • Per capita income
  • Average annual family income
  • % people below the poverty line
  • Ratio of seasonal to permanent employment
  • Growth rate of small business employment
  • Value of residential construction and/or renovation

Social Development Indicators

  • Death rate
  • Life expectancy at birth
  • Infant mortality rates
  • Causes of death
  • Number of doctors per capita
  • Number of hospital beds per capita
  • Number of nurses per capita
  • Literacy rates, by age and gender
  • Students: teacher ratios
  • Retention rate by school level
  • School completion rates by exit points
  • Public spending per students
  • Number of suicides
  • Causes of accidents
  • Dwellings with electricity
  • Number of homeless
  • Number of violent crimes
  • Birth rate
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  • Fertility rate
  • Gini distribution of income (See Glossary of Terms)
  • Infant mortality rate
  • Rates of hospitalization
  • Rates of HIV infection
  • Rates of AIDS deaths
  • Number of movie theaters / swimming pools per 1000 residents
  • Number of radios / televisions per capita
  • Availability of books in traditional languages
  • Traditional languages taught in schools
  • Time spent on listening to radio / watching television by gender
  • Number of programs on television and radio in traditional languages and/or dealing
  • With traditional customs
  • Church participation, by age and gender

Political / organizational Development indicators

  • Number of community organizations
  • Types of organized sport
  • Number of tournaments and games
  • Participations levels in organized sport
  • Number of youth groups
  • Participation in youth groups
  • Participation in women’s groups
  • Participation in groups for the elderly
  • Number of groups for the elderly
  • Structure of political leadership by age and gender
  • Participation rate in elections, by age and gender
  • Number of public meetings held
  • Participation in public meetings, by age and gender

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