"In November 1997 and in February 1998 there were held two conferences commemorating
important events in the development of social reporting in Germany: the publication of the
first government report on the situation of the family in 1968 and the trade union congress
on quality of life in 1972. At both conferences I gave a talk referring to an early paper of
mine also from 1972, under the title „On the measurement of quality of life“ (Zapf 1972).
In the following version I take up again the two main parts of that paper: the theoretical
discussion about a broader concept of welfare (I) and the discussion about methods and
institutions of social reporting (II). In conclusion, I briefly shall discuss probable effects and
limits of social reporting today (III)." (author's abstract)
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