Transcript From The Well-Being To - National Statistical Service

Overview of the System of Community
Accounts
Up To and Beyond Stiglitz
Doug May
Alton Hollett
Robert Reid
*Memorial University
** Government of
Newfoundland and
Labrador
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The Analytical Framework of the
Community Accounts
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Well-Being Accounts in SCA
Well-Being
Relationships
Health
Work
Community
Demographics
Education
Society
Time
Consumption/Income
Environment
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From The Production Economy To Well-Being
Eco-System
Health
Social
Relationships
Income,
Consumption,
Leisure
Demographics
Employment
Machinery
Community
Safety & Social
Vitality
Eco-System
Plant & Buildings
Knowledge R&D
Natural
Resources
Capital Stock
Education
Society Culture,
Politics and Justice
Services
Materials
Engineering
Infrastructure
Human Capital
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What Are the Community Accounts?
An integrated set of social and economic
baseline data and indicators for:
– 400 communities
– 215 NL neighborhood areas
– Many other geographies
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Use of Community Accounts is Changing – from
“Sharing Numbers to Sharing Knowledge”
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Production Accounts - Relating Production Processes in
an Economy to People & Their Lives – Going Beyond GDP
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Identifying Differences is Key to Understanding our
Communities & How They Work
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Google Mapping – “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”
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Are rural communities independent of each other?
Sub-Provincial Labour Market Areas
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NL Market Basket Measure of Low Income - Data to
Inform What is Happening Within Communities
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Market Basket Measure (NLMBM) of Low
Income is an adaptation of a national measure to better reflect our province and
increase reliability.
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Reflects variation in the cost of the market basket between communities.
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Income data is derived from the tax file not a survey.
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uses entire population (i.e., no issues of sampling error/reliability)
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Enables us to provide data and indicators for all geographies.
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province, regions, communities, neighbourhoods
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family, gender, age
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Supports policy development such as;
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Poverty Reduction Strategy
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Social Housing Development Strategy
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Labrador Northern Strategic Plan
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City of St. John’s Public Transit Study
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The Pictures Take our Users “Beyond Numbers”
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Measuring How Factors Contribute to Well-Being
General Model of the Determinants of Quality of Life
Answer : Increase in income results in improvements to quality of life.
Q: What is the impact of an increase in income on the quality of life?
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How we support our users
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On-line data analysis tools
Graphics to inform and help interpret data
Feedback line through contact us
Training
– One on One training sessions in all parts of the Province
– On-Line training modules/U-tube videos
• Latest releases information – users can join the email distribution
• Custom data requests and mapping work utilizing
data domains
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New Work in Progress
• Newer measures of low incomes such as the MBM
and the use of Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke measure
of the poverty incidence, gap and severity.
• Estimating indicators for communities that currently
only exist at a more aggregate level (developing small
area estimation algorithms).
• Gapminder “Motion Charts” to show relationships
and dynamics.
• User determined aggregation weights to determine
well-being.
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Examples of Uses of Community Accounts for
Policy Decisions
Latest H1N1 immunizations, we mapped the immunization rates
by community based on the population data in the Community
Accounts and the data collected by the health regions. The
information was key to determining the opening and closing of new
and existing clinics.
Community Accounts population and infrastructure data was utilized
in a location allocation project to determine the optimal location in the
province for Motor Vehicle and Library Services
The Kids Eat Smart Program used the Community Accounts to access
community data to assess community needs. This allowed them to
determine their funding allocations to each community.
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Other Examples of Uses of CA Data
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Seniors Well-Being groups use CA data as baseline community level
info on seniors
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Ministers and Premiers briefing on communities
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Supports pre-Budget Consultations
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To develop indicators of need for Make Work projects. Development of
a Labour Market Attractiveness Index for the province
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Tom Axtell, Project Coordinator National Aboriginal Health
Organization – utilized Community Accounts in a session in Nain to
gage the reaction to data and indicators by individuals from the
community (Naasautit: Inuit Health Statistics, Inuit Tuttarvingat).
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Used by mayors, leaders and residents of communities for many
purposes
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Is the “gold standard” for data in NL Government
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Other Examples of Uses of CA Data
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By using the Community Accounts, the Business Resource
Centre in St. John’s is able to provide individuals and
businesses with better information for those looking at starting
a business
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Regional school boards use CA demographic information to
make decisions regarding school amalgamation as populations
of 5 to 18 year olds declined.
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Worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to include their
districts so we can supply them with social and economic data
for the regions they police.
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The St. John’s Boys and Girls Club use the neighbourhood data
in the Community accounts to assess where to offer their
programs in the city.
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Key Lessons Learned
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People will use more data when the Well-Being
approach is used
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You can build a better mouse trap but you may still
have to lead the mice to the trap
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As people become better informed needs change
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You have to provide support over the long term
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If you are not committed to the long term you may
not see success
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Thank You
For more information please visit:
www.communityaccounts.ca
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