We hope that when readers finish this report, they are at least somewhat better informed about trends in conditions that favor or are adverse to independence.
Literacy is one example.
Readers may also find an indicator interesting and want to know more. For the indicators presented here, considerable analysis would be required to plumb the real meaning. The indicators presented in this report may well bring to mind other factors that should be tracked. Of course, we don't know. But the reader who wants to dig deeper can find broader and more detailed information in the large volume referred to at the outset of this report, Indicators of Welfare Dependence, Annual Report to Congress , October 1997.