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COMMUNITY WELL BEING
Hawai`i Institute for Public Affairs
August 31, 2010
Jim Dannemiller
SMS
OBJECTIVES
What is the Well Being Project?
What has it told us so far?
What is it good for? How can you use it?
Aim at non-profit organizations’ information needs
Well Being – for What?
Representatives
Associations
Journalists
Evaluators
Community
Well-Being
Personal
Well-Being
How are the folks doing?
How is my community?
Service Providers
Administrators
Community
Services
What is needed over here?
Issues
Lawmakers
Advocates
Do people need this program there?
METHODS
SURVEYS: ongoing measure of public well being
HARD DATA: ongoing updates of indicators
ACCESS: Ongoing publishing of index data;
Open access to project infrastructure
SURVEYS
Three Part Questionnaires: core, changing, user
Telephone: dual frame, landline & cell, entire State,
disproportionate sample, n=6,000 per year
Continuous Fielding: monthly and annual reporting
Rigorous methods: ala BRFSS, HHS
Funded by Users: as needed
Publicly available data: summaries and full dataset
INDICATORS
Quality of Life in Hawaii: Center on the Family
Expanded indicator set: continuous
Service availability: providers in area
Service Capacity: long-range
ACCESS
Web Access: to CORE and basic indices
Historical Data: some published
Access to dataset: for your analysis
Access to survey infrastructure
Access to hard data infrastructure
Sponsorships available
FINDINGS
January 2010 Benchmark Survey
Scores
Geographies
Examples
Well Being Measures
Community Well Being
Central Index
Satisfaction with QOL
Last 5 yrs, things are better
Stress level these days
Are you happy?
Personal Well Being
health
finances
education
family life
job, career
environment
social life
relationship with God
spiritual life
feel safe walking at night
know and trust my neighbors
homes and yards well maintained
respect each others’ privacy
location is best on island
respect cultural differences
respect each other’s religious belief
Community Services Assessment
child care programs
prog. to end drug use
health care facilities
family counseling
roads and transportation
elder care facilities
schools
parks and recreation
crime control services
stores and shops
affordable housing
recycling services
jobs and job training
local products avail.
services for homeless people
youth activity after school
Benchmark Scores
Personal
Well-Being
Community
Well-Being
Community
Service Rating
Very high
19
20
25
High
15
8
18
Average
27
36
34
Low
20
22
15
Very Low
19
14
8
Geographies
S. Kona, Ka`u
West Maui
Upcountry Maui
Kohala
East Honolulu
Hono. PUC-East
Koloa, S. Kauai
Windward Oahu
South Maui
West Oahu
West Kauai
Hono. PUC-…
Service Rating
North Shore…
Community WB
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Personal WB
3.5
4
X1: PUC-West
Personal Low; Community Low, Services, High
Elements of Personal Well-Being
V. low: health, finances, job/career, community life, social life
Community Ratings
Homes/yard unkempt, people don’t care about each other, don’t trust
neighbors
Services:
Mostly OK, no need for child care or health services
Demographics
SWD, renters, very large hh, many more seniors, less education, more
church attendance, little more politically liberal
Issues:
none
X2: Upcountry Maui
Personal High; Community High. Services, Low
Elements of Personal Well-Being
Low on $; high on community, relationship to God, spirituality
Community Ratings
Homes/yard well kept; great location
Services:
Need child care, schools, activities for youth, job training, senior services,
drug programs, family counselors, elder care, etc. Plenty of Parks, though
Demographics
Homeowners, large hh, more children, more church, more voters, liberal
Issues:
Don’t favor growth, strong on environmental protection, more agriculture,
food self-sufficiency, local buying
X3: Windward Oahu
Personal High Community Med., Services Low
Elements of Personal Well-Being
High: health, finances, community life, no stress
Community Ratings
Homes/yard well kept, great location
Services:
Mostly OK, need more access to health care, no more youth activities or
family counseling
Demographics
Homeowners, small hh, more seniors, high education, fewer children,
more voters, political activity, more conservative.
Issues:
pro-agriculture, “mildly green”.
What can you do with
Well Being?
What can you do with Well Being?
Measure personal well being in a community,
among a specific target group, or across time:
Better grant apps: describe your target group in a
grant application
Better program design: understand well being’s
links to social and demographic characteristics of
your target group
Demonstrate impact: Measure change in well
being over time, in your target group, to show the
impact of your services
What can you do with Well Being?
Measure community well being in one or
more communities
Identify need for community strengthening.
Demonstrate exactly which problems are at work,
and how they can be solved
Build solid programs with strong logic models,
backed by quantitative data
Measure changes in community well being over
time and demonstrate community strengthening
program success
What can you do with Well Being?
Measure demand for social services in one or
more communities
find out which service is needed most in a specific
community
find out where your service is most needed.
quantitatively justify the need for your service(s) in
a specific community
add data on current service availability to beef up
your program decisions, your grant applications,
or your progress reports
Questions ?
MAHALO !
Jim Dannemiller, SMS
[email protected]
Ph: 808-440-0701
Fax: 808-537-2686