Social welfare

Social welfare can mean:

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• the welfare or well-being of a society.
• in economics, the utility of people considered in aggregate. (See welfare economics and social welfare function.)
• the provision of a wide range of social services, for the benefit of individual citizens. This usage is closely related to the idea of the welfare state.

Social welfare should be distinguished from welfare. In the United States, welfare is sometimes a synonym for the provision of financial aid in the form of social security. Social welfare may be associated with social work services.

Related Topics:
Welfare - Social security

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