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{{quotation|This article describes a measure that can be evaluated for a particular individual person, household, or family. It is not a statistical aggregate, though it may be statistically aggregated to provide average measures and distributions.<br>{{#ifeq:{{{timedependent}}}|no|The measure is a lifetime constant, i.e., it does not vary with time.|yes|The measure may vary with time, i.e., its value may be different at different points in time.}}<br>{{#ifeq:{{{subjective}}}|yes|The measure is subjective, as the measurement of its value is based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values.|no|The measure is not subjective, as the easurement of its value is based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values. Note that the actual value itself is influenced by people's decisions, and hence by their subjective preferences, but the ''measurement'' of these values is not.}}}}
{{quotation|This article describes a measure that can be evaluated for a particular individual person, household, or family. It is not a statistical aggregate, though it may be statistically aggregated to provide average measures and distributions.<br>{{#switch:{{{timedependent}}}|no = The measure is a lifetime constant, i.e., it does not vary with time.|yes = The measure may vary with time, i.e., its value may be different at different points in time.}}<br>{{#switch:{{{subjective}}}|yes = The measure is subjective, as the measurement of its value is based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values.|no = The measure is not subjective, as the easurement of its value is based on people's beliefs, opinions, and/or values. Note that the actual value itself is influenced by people's decisions, and hence by their subjective preferences, but the ''measurement'' of these values is not.}}}}

Revision as of 23:44, 29 November 2013

This article describes a measure that can be evaluated for a particular individual person, household, or family. It is not a statistical aggregate, though it may be statistically aggregated to provide average measures and distributions.