Transcript Powerpoint presentation from seminar

The New Zealand General Social
Survey 2010
Philip Walker and Scott Ussher
1st December 2011
NZGSS 2010 – results
and opportunities
• NZGSS is a multi-dimensional survey of
wellbeing…
• Researchers and policy makers can
access NZGSS unit record data directly
though the NZGSS CURF which is
released today
Products using GSS
2008 CURF
• Measuring Social Inclusion: People with
experience of mental distress and addiction
(Mental Health Commission, September 2011)
• Maori Life Satisfaction Fact sheet (Te Puni Kokiri,
February 2011).
• Benefits of tertiary certificates and diplomas –
exploring economic and social outcomes (Ministry
of Education, May 2010)
NZGSS 2010
• Second survey in the series (first in 2008)
• Achieved samples of more than 8,000
individuals
• More than 400 variables covering twelve life
domains plus demographics and overall life
satisfaction.
Offers unique
perspective
• includes objective and subjective
measures across a wide range of social
and economic outcomes
• shows the distribution of well being
outcomes across population groupings.
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 et al
Wellbeing and social
connectedness
• Social connectedness has been identified
as one of the strongest predictors of
peoples’ subjective wellbeing
• Includes:
– being partnered
– contact with family and friends
– volunteering
The association between
social isolation and health
• Research questions
– Is there an association between isolation
and physical and mental health?
– Do these associations remain after
adjusting for covariate factors?
– What other factors have an adjusted
association with isolation?
Framework for social isolation
and health
Social
isolation
Health
Mental
health
Physical
health
Social
Economic
Living
alone
Work/study
Standard of
living
Demographic
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
GSS variables
Framework variable
Social isolation
GSS domain
Social connectedness
Physical health
Mental health
Living alone
Work/study
Standard of living
Age
Health
Health
Core household
Paid work
Knowledge and skills
Economic standard of living
Core person
Gender
Ethnicity
Core person
Core person
Social isolation by
mental health
Percent
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Poor mental health
Good mental health
Social isolation by
physical health
Percent
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Poor physical health
Good physical health
Social isolation by age
Percent
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72 75 78 81 84 87 90
Other findings
• Other people more likely to feel socially
isolated are:
– Females
– People living alone
– People living in economic hardship
– Asian and Māori
– Unemployed
Multivariate analysis
• Findings from an initial multivariate
analysis
– Association with mental health significant
– Association with physical health is not
– Other significant factors
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Economic standard of living
Age
Living alone
Asian
How to apply for a CURF
• Applications for a CURF can be made
through Statistics NZ website
• www.stats.govt.nz (search micro data)
• Or you can talk to us after the seminar!
CURF costs
• For universities in the CONZUL agreement
the CURF is free.
• For everyone else the costs are:
• Assessment and Approval admin fee........$405
• User set-up fee.......................................$30
• Project support charge.............................$7.50 per
month for the duration of the project.
Questions?