The files facilitate the analysis of the of the detailed composition of each country's social expenditure system and spending fluctuations. The social expenditure programmes. Has different items depending on the country. Countries Concerns only the Countries file. Contains as elements all the countries covered by the database.
Units Specifies the units in which data are shown.
Opening data files Data files are selected using Find . The Find window is automatically displayed when first starting the Social Expenditure database. To retrieve data relating to an individual country at a detailed level, highlight Countries from the Find box, then highlight the country of interest. Click on OK . The relevant table will then be displayed.