There is increasing interest in combining micro and macro data to give mulit-level accounts of things like the determinants of health, well-being, attitudes etc., One set of macro-indicators that might be interesting are these peace indicators reported by the BBC today. there is some debate about the scientific validity of the instruments but worth thinking about anyway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6704767.stm
that should read "multi-level" rather than "mulit-level" though mulit-level accounts do yield some interesting possibilities
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