However they should also measure the relative dynamic balance in a given social structure, employ normative observations, and observe cohorts within a given social structure. Use of these approaches and indicator types makes way of life social indicators systems more provocative for social forecasting, planning and control. Kiuranov, Chaydar. 1982. Social Indicators as an Instrument of Social Change. International Sociological Association.
Social indicators are always indicators of certain inequalities.
Under given social circumstances, inequalities increase tension to a degree that requires social change. But the character of social change, its meaning, and its philosophy depend on the character, depth, and acuteness of the social problems this change is to resolve. Johnston, Denis F. and Michael J. Carley. Social Measurement and Social Indicators. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol.