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Social Well-being in New Zealand Insights from the New Zealand General Social Survey 2012 Philip Walker and Henriette Rawlings The New Zealand General Social Survey Face-to-face interviews with 8,500 people nationwide Held every two years

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Social Well-being in New Zealand

Insights from the New Zealand General Social Survey 2012

Philip Walker and Henriette Rawlings

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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

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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

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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

  • bjective measures like income because it

recognises individual preference

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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.

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Life

Life satisfaction and GDP per capita - OECD data

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NZGSS objectives

To measure the social well-being

  • f New

Zealanders across life domains. To measure the distribution of wellbeing among sub populations of policy interest To enable analysis of the interrelationship

  • f outcomes

across domains

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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.

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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 (including children of migrants)

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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

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What NZGSS tells us

87% of New Zealander‟s said they were „very satisfied„ or „satisfied‟ with their lives overall But life satisfaction is not evenly distributed across the population

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Among those New Zealanders less satisfied with their lives

  • verall :

Unemployed people People in one parent family households People living with household incomes below $30,000 People in the middle life stages

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Unemployed : 3x more likely to be very dissatisfied/dissatisfied than employed. Family : 78% very satisfied/satisfied in

  • ne parent compared to 89% in couple

with or without children households. Income: noticeable drop off at $30K but at higher levels effect trails off. Age: U shaped relationship between life satisfaction and age. Younger and older tend to report higher levels.

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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

www.stats.govt.nz/nzgss

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Better health > (Employment, HH income over $100K, higher qualifications (>BA) , home ownership, Europeans/ Asians rather than Māori/ Pacific) Enough money > (Older age, no children, employment, home ownership, living outside Auckland) Loneliness > (one parent families, younger age, renting, living in Wellington, females, unemployed) Housing problems < (HH income over $100K, people born in NZ, over 65yrs rather than 25 – 44 years, home

  • wnership)
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We found that …

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People with all four good outcomes were more likely to be

Older – 45 years more than 15-24 years European more than Maori/Pacific Born in New Zealand more than recent migrants Tertiary qualified Living in a high income household - $100K + Living in a couple-without-children family as against one parent families.

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Putting data in your hands

“Data remains data until it‟s used. Once it‟s used it becomes knowledge”

Government statistician Liz McPherson

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Regional high charts

Selected well being variables across 16 regional council areas Dynamic graphs showing 2008, 2010 and 2012 data Link to Highcharts http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/people_ and_communities/Well-being/across-regions.aspx

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Adding value to regional monitoring

Legislative change within the local government sector with implications for community

  • utcomes.

Planning and monitoring through council long term and annual plans. Potential for use of NZGSS data for spatial plans and regional monitoring.

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NZ Treasury Living Standard Framework

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The GSS vehicle and supplement(s)

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Safety and Security Economic Standard

  • f Living

Health Paid Work Housing Knowledge and Skills Leisure and Recreation Physical Environment Culture and Identity Subjective Well-being Social Connectedness Human Rights Population (C) Age Sex Social Marital Status Ethnicity Country of Birth/ Year of arrival Relationship in household Maori Descent Dependent children Region Family type

  • 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)

  • victim of crime
  • perception of

neighbourhood anti social behaviour

  • 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)

  • Labour force status (C)
  • Main occupation
  • Usual hours worked
  • Number of jobs
  • Job satisfaction
  • Prefer more or less hours
  • Type of job
  • Satisfaction with housing
  • Problems with housing
  • Sector of landlord
  • Number of bedrooms
  • Tenure of household (C)
  • 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

amount of leisure time

  • Barriers to leisure
  • Satisfaction with built

environment

  • Satisfaction with natural

environment

  • Attitudes relating to

sustainability

  • Behaviours relating to

sustainability

  • Preparedness for natural

disasters (potential (mini supplement 2014)

  • National identity,

sense of belonging

  • Ability to express

identity

  • Generation of New

Zealander

  • 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
  • Discrimination
  • Tolerance of diversity
  • Trust in institutions
  • Voting participation

Social Well-being

  • Overall life

satisfaction

  • Eudemonic

well being

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

GSS 2014 Overview

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GSS programme 2016 & 2018

Potential topics Civic and cultural participation 2016? Housing and physical environment 2018? Or ? You tell us…

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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.

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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

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Questions?

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