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Social Well-being in New Zealand

Social Well-being in New Zealand. Insights from the New Zealand General Social Survey 2012 Philip Walker and Henriette Rawlings. Overview of the Workshop. Background context - social wellbeing & NZGSS NZ General Social Survey findings National and regional data, tools and products

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Social Well-being in New Zealand

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  1. Social Well-being in New Zealand Insights from the New Zealand General Social Survey 2012 Philip Walker and Henriette Rawlings

  2. Overview of the Workshop • Background context - social wellbeing & NZGSS • NZ General Social Survey findings • National and regional data, tools and products • Future directions and opportunities • Links to other Statistics NZ surveys • Interactive Session • Contact us

  3. The New Zealand General Social Survey • Face-to-face interviews with 8,500 people nationwide • Held every two years since 2008 • Data available now from 2008, 2010, 2012 • A multidimensional survey of well-being

  4. Social wellbeing: measurement beyond GDP “gross national product … measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile” Robert F Kennedy. Kansas. March 18th 1968

  5. Why measure Overall Life Satisfaction? People are generally the best judges of how their own lives are going How we respond to circumstances can be as important as the circumstances themselves Measuring life satisfaction complements objective measures like income because it recognises individual preference

  6. According to OECD data, New Zealand levels of overall life satisfaction are above average and comparable to those of Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.

  7. Life Life satisfaction and GDP per capita - OECD data

  8. NZGSS objectives

  9. Cross-domain analysis • “Developments in one domain of quality of life affect other domains” • “The consequences for quality of life of having multiple disadvantages far exceed the sum of their individual effects” Stiglitz, Sen & Fitoussi, 2009.

  10. The GSS asks people about their: Overall life satisfaction Health Standard of living Housing Safety & security Human rights Knowledge and skills Paid work Leisure & recreation Physical environment Social Connectedness Culture and identity By core demographics such as age, sex, ethnicity, migrant status

  11. Unique value of this data • National survey of well-being • Robust statistics – use of Statistics Act 1975, survey methodology • Data available at regional level • Applications for the monitoring of social, community and regional outcomes • Sustainable, affordable, embedded

  12. What NZGSS tells us • 87% of New Zealander’s said they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied‘ with their lives overall • But life satisfaction is not evenly distributed across the population

  13. Among those New Zealanders less satisfied with their lives overall : • Unemployed people • People in one parent family households • People living with household incomes below $30,000 • People in the middle life stages

  14. Important aspects of well-being • Four aspects of people’s lives have a strong relationship with their overall life satisfaction • Health • Money • Relationships • Housing • Social well being interactive tool

  15. Good outcomes in each of the four aspects • How New Zealanders rated themselves in each of these four aspects of life: • 60 percent rated their health as excellent or very good • 52 percent had more than enough or enough money • 69 percent had not felt lonely • 67 percent had no major housing problems

  16. More good outcomes, more satisfied people

  17. We found that …

  18. People with all four good outcomes were more likely to be • Older • European • Born in New Zealand • Tertiary qualified • Living in a high income household • Living in a couple-without-children family

  19. Putting data in your hands “Data remains data until it’s used. Once it’s used it becomes knowledge” Government statistician Liz McPherson

  20. First Release & CURF • Commentary and standard tables • Info-graphics and interactive web tool • First Release • Reports, data dictionary & questionnaire • Confidentialised unit record data for researchers

  21. NZ.Stat • Flexible data online • Free to the user • NZ.Stat

  22. Regional high charts • Selected well being variables across 16 regional council areas • Dynamic graphs showing 2008, 2010 and 2012 data • Link to Highcharts

  23. Monitoring Community Outcomes • Legislative change within the local government sector with implications for community outcomes • Planning and monitoring through council long term and annual plans. • Potential for use of NZGSS data for spatial plans and regional monitoring

  24. NZ Treasury Living Standard Framework

  25. Future Directions & Opportunities • Integrated Household surveys: • Survey vehicles • Rotating supplements

  26. The GSS vehicle and supplement(s)

  27. Social Well-being Population (C) Age Sex Social Marital Status Ethnicity Country of Birth/ Year of arrival Relationship in household Maori Descent Dependent children Region Family type Subjective Well-being Paid Work Leisure and Recreation Physical Environment Health Housing Knowledge and Skills Culture and Identity Social Connectedness Human Rights Safety and Security Economic Standard of Living -Self assessed general health status -Self assessed physical health status (SF12) -Self assessed mental health status (SF12) -Cigarette smoking behaviour -Personal income (C) -Sources of personal income (C) -Household income (C) -Multiple deprivation (ELSI) -Material Wellbeing Index (9 item) -Satisfaction with housing -Problems with housing -Sector of landlord -Number of bedrooms -Tenure of household (C) -Satisfaction with amount of leisure time -Barriers to leisure -National identity, sense of belonging -Perception of ability to develop, express and retain culture -Generation of New Zealander -Discrimination -Tolerance of diversity - Trust in institutions -Voting participation -Overall life satisfaction -Eudaemonic well being -Labour force status (C) -Main occupation -Usual hours worked -Number of jobs -Job satisfaction -Prefer more or less hours -Type of job -Participation in employment (household) -Experience of safety & security issue -Type of safety and security issue -Adverse impacts of safety and security issues -Perceptions of safety & security (walk alone, at home, on net) -perceived victimisation -perception of neighbourhood anti social behaviour -Highest qualification (C) -Satisfaction with own skills & knowledge -Reasons for dissatisfaction with own skills & knowledge -Barriers to gaining more knowledge and skills -Perception of importance of education -Satisfaction with built environment -Satisfaction with natural environment -Attitudes relating to sustainability -Behaviours relating to sustainability -Preparedness for natural disasters (potential mini supp 2014) -Contact with family & friends -Barriers to more social contact -Formal voluntary work -Informal unpaid work outside home -Feelings of isolation -Support across households -Availability of help in times of need - Generalised trust • Social networks and support supplement 2014: • Major topic areas: • Characteristics of Social Network • Strength of Social Network • Effectiveness of Social network • Includes sub topics: • Contact with family and friends • Network size and composition • Diversity of social networks • Household relationships • Social support • Support during a significant life change • Key: • Items in black are GSS primary content • Items in blue are new additions • Items in red with strikethrough are existing GSS content not included in GSS 2014 (but may be included in future supplements) • Items in purple are considered for one off inclusion in 2014

  28. GSS programme 2016 & 2018 • Potential topics • Civic and cultural participation 2016? • Housing and physical environment 2018? • Or ? • You tell us…

  29. Formal consultation for NZGSS 2016 will begin in early 2014. Have your say. • Once topic is selected, an objectives paper will be developed. • Consultation on the objectives and specific measures will begin in mid 2014.

  30. Other social data…. • Census • Post censal surveys: Te Kupenga and Disability Surveys • Household Economic Survey • Household Labour Force Survey • Coming soon: Social Statistics Portal • User Forum 2014

  31. Released progressively over 18 months 2013 Census data release www.stats.govt.nz/2013release

  32. Te Kupenga 2013 • First survey of Māori well-being • Release date: 6 May 2014 • Sample of over 5,000 NZers of Māori ancestry from Census 2013 • What to expect • Health of Te Reo Māori • Engagement in Māori culture • Subjective measures of whānau • Perceptions of whānauwell-being Phone: (04) 931-4600

  33. ….Te Kupenga 2013 • Further Products • Analytical programme of reports, and tables to follow first release - more detailed report on Te Reo Māori • CURF • Potential Uses • Understanding whānau & Māori well-being – input to any development projects • Provides new information on Māori outcomes • Help inform policies and programmes for Māori Phone: (04) 931-4600

  34. 2013 Disability Survey • First information release – 17 June 2014 • Topics covered in the first release: • Disability prevalence (disability rates) over time • Disability rates and numbers by broad age groups and by sex • Percentage of disabled people living in household and residential facilities • Impairment types • Cause of impairment • Support level for adults and children • Summary information for Māori and Pacific populations (where sample error permits) • www.stats.govt.nz/disability contains information from previous surveys

  35. 2013 Disability Survey • Further products beyond first release • Currently investigating a range of products in consultation with stakeholders • Key data needs identified: outcomes data, regional data (especially Christchurch) and time series data • Potential uses of the data • Understanding the needs and outcomes of disabled people in your area • Planning the delivery of services and programmes • Informing policies that affect disabled people in NZ • Advocacy

  36. Household Economic Survey • Run every three years. Short version HES Income run in the two years in between. • Collects information on household expenditure and income, plus a wide range of demographic information on individuals and households. • Also asks where households get their money from – for example, wages and salaries, self-employment, investments, or benefits.

  37. HES Objectives • To contribute to the Consumers Price Index (CPI) & Gross Domestic Product (GDP) • To measure the material living standards of New Zealanders and how those material living standards have changed over time.

  38. Household Labour Force Survey • Official measure of labour force status (including unemployment) in New Zealand • 16,000 households over 8 quarters

  39. HLFS measures • The number of employed, unemployed, those not in the labour force, those in formal study • Hours worked • Occupation and industry activity • Duration of unemployment, steps taken to find work and/or more hours of work • By core demographics such as age, sex, marital status, locality, ethnic origin

  40. What is the Social Statistics Portal? • Web-based tool that • Presents NZ’s most important social statistics in one place • offers a range of options for interacting with the data • offers the stats in similar format and variable set • increases accessibility of important social monitoring information

  41. User Forum – meeting user needs • 26-27 March 2014, Te Papa, Wellington • Theme -‘Informing today, advancing tomorrow – working together to obtain better value from statistics’ • Day 1 - Informing Today Day 2 – Advancing Tomorrow • 3 Topic Streams: Access & Use ,Obtaining Better Value, Working Together

  42. Contact us • Information Centre PO Box 2922 Wellington 6140 Ph 0508 525 525 toll free Email: info@stats.govt.nz Fax +64 9 920 9395 www.stats.govt.nz/nzgss

  43. Questions?

  44. Reminder • Sign the attendance sheet with your email address to receive the presentation powerpoint • Fill out the evaluation form • Take some of our resources • Visit our website www.stats.govt.nz/nzgss

  45. Thank you Your input today and in the future will: • Help us learn more about the statistical information needs, data sources, applications, and the monitoring frameworks of stakeholders • Influence analysis and the development of new products and measures • Inform the content of the GSS going forward

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