– distressed labor rate Spiritual Well-being Components * Education – Adult literacy rates * Gender equity – Sex ratio at birth (female-over-male ratio) and ratio of female healthy life expectancy over male healthy life expectancy * Religious Freedom – Government Restrictions Index Methodology The approach to computing the Fordham Francis Index is identical to the methodology employed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in their calculation of the Human Development Index (HDI). Using the same methodology means that any differences between the two indices are solely attributed to substantive differences in their components. The Fordham Francis Index is an equally weighted geometric mean of Material Index and Spiritual Index. The Material Index and Spiritual Index are also equally weighted geometric means of the standardized value of their primary indicators. To achieve this, the primary indicators were transformed into standardized formula so that they each yielded indices with values between 0 and 1. Measures of food, employment and religious freedom were inverted so that for all seven measures a higher number would represent a more desirable outcome. Report For details and results, refer to the latest IPED Publication of the report: https://www.fordham.edu/download/downloads/id/11505/fordham_francis_index_2018.pdf References Citations Caring for the poor, the hungry ‘is who we are’ as church, cardinal says (Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service, 30 Sep 2019): https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/09/30/caring-for-the-poor-the-hungry-is-who-we-are-as-church-cardinal-says/ Indexes