Access to Financial Services and Loans | Access to Information |
Access to Recreation | Access to Technology |
Accessibility | Air Quality |
Childcare | Civic Engagement |
Civility | Community Life |
Corruption | Crime |
Culture | Disability Benefits |
Disaster Resilience | Discrimination |
Economic Opportunity | Economic Stability |
Education | Employment / Unemployment |
Food Security | Freedom of Movement |
Freedom of Religion | Freedom of Speech |
Green Space | Hard Infrastructure |
Healthcare | Heritage |
Housing | Laws & Regulations |
Libraries | Literacy |
Living Conditions | Norms |
Nutrition | Pensions |
Political Action | Political Participation |
Pollution | Public Safety |
Public Services | Public Space |
Rights & Freedoms | Sanitation |
Senior Support | Social Interaction |
Social Security | Soft Infrastructure |
Standard of Living | Taxation |
Traditions | Transportation |
Urban Environment | Water Quality |
Water Security | Working Conditions |
What are Social Conditions?
Social conditions are variables that impact the lives of a group of people within a society. These are viewed as determinants of social outcomes such as health status, life expectancy, educational attainment, income, quality of life, political participation and crime.
Determinants of Social Outcomes
The life outcomes of any one person can be greatly influenced by personal factors such as talent. People have agency and can rise above adversity. However, as sociologists look at cohorts in a population such as people who live in a particular nation, city or neighborhood they may discover that social conditions such as poverty appear to be determinants of life outcomes such as educational attainment. The following are common determinants of social outcomes.
