Conceptual process and methodology aimed at developing complex social indicators used in demographic policy

Measuring social phenomena requires a multidimensional and integrated approach aimed at describing the health of societies through a complex multifaceted and compound methodology. The aim of this work is to unravel some important methodological aspects and issues that should be considered in measuring social phenomena in quantitative perspective and in developing indicators useable in demographic policy. The purpose is to focus on, to examine closely and to investigate the conceptual issues in defining and developing statistical indicators and the methodologies and operative issues in managing the complexity of the obtained observation, integrating objective and subjective aspects of the reality.