Social Development Index (SDI) is aimed at measuring social development in Hong Kong through establishing an objective and scientific sound system of indicators. While the Index is constructed based on a selected set of a few dozens indicators, the whole project is backed by a large databank of social statistics, consisting of about 400 social indicators grouped into different development domains or population groups. For the purpose of this Website, the domain framework of SDI databank has been slightly modified to arrive at the following 16 development domains:

Basic Statistics	Strength of Civil Society	Political Participation	Internationalization	Economic	Environmental Quality	Arts and Entertainment	Sports and Recreation
Science and Technology	Education	Health	Personal Safety	Housing	Crime and Public Safety	Family Solidarity	Employment and Income Security

In additional to the development domains, there are indicators measuring 7 disadvantaged population groups. They are:

Women	Low-income persons	Children	Elderly persons	Youth	People with Disabilities	New Arrivals