Myöhäisindikaattoreita
Myöhäisindikaattoreita is a Finnish term used in scholarly contexts to refer to indicators that emerge late in a process and are used to assess long-term outcomes. The word combines myöhäinen meaning late and indikaattori meaning indicator. In practice, myöhäisindikaattoreita are signals that only become observable after a delay, and therefore are most informative for understanding end results rather than immediate state.
Common domains include health, economics, education, and environmental science. In epidemiology, late indicators such as long-term
Methodological notes: Because late indicators depend on time and data availability, analyses rely on longitudinal designs,