The measure of America
Subtitle: American human development report, 2008-2009
By: written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis and Eduardo Borges Martins ; with forewords by Amartya Sen and William H. Draper.
Contributors: Lewis, Kristen.; Martins, Eduardo Borges.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780231154949; 9780231154956; 9780231510905
Subjects: Quality of life -- United States -- Statistics; Social indicators -- United States -- Statistics; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- -- Statistics
Genres: Statistics.; Statistics
Description: The Measure of America is the first-ever human development report for a wealthy, developed nation. It introduces the American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by gender, race, and ethnicity. --back cover.