had succeeded and which had failed to promote national well-being. 52. As the research proceeded, the project came to be guided by certain working principles. There were basic social concerns, such as health, education, employment, peace, confidence in the Government, environmental and natural resource protection, which comprised the widely accepted and more or less permanent goals of developing so- 13 cieties. National well-being was, then, a composite of concrete achieve­ ments in the basic social concerns. 53. Present national well-being consisted of the general well-being at the moment and the current provision for the well-being of future generations. Social or welfare indicators were specific .and measurable elements of each social concern. They reflected the degree of improve- · ment in each social concern and the degree of sharing iri that improve­ ment among present-day society and between the living and those yet unborn. 54. The weights or priorities for any social group, social concern, or social indicator were left to the users of social indicators in the Philippines. The project had therefore developed an awareness among planners, administrators and technicians of a system of measuring national welfare. E. JAPAN 55. Social indicators in Japan were an integral component of a frame­ work which linked social statistics with the planning process. The first stage of the frame.work was the collection of data and compilation of social indicators . The second stage consisted of analysis and interpreta­ tion of the indicators. At the third stage, social indicators were employed in the formulation of social programmes. 56. The extensive set of social concerns identified for measurement in Japan included health, education, employment, leisure time, income, housing and environment, public safety, the family, community life and social mobility. A hierarchical framework divided those primary goal areas into a system of measurable concerns, which were further 
**Analysis**
The text discusses social indicators, their composition, and their role in measuring national well-being. It highlights the importance of various social concerns, such as health, education, employment, and environmental protection, in achieving national well-being. The text also touches on the process of collecting and analyzing data to inform policy decisions. Given the focus on social indicators and the various social concerns, it is likely that the text falls under the category of.

**Category**
Health, Education, Employment