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CALIFORNIA
SARAH BURD-SHARPSKRISTEN LEWIS
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CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011
A PORTRAIT OF
DONORS TO A PORTRAIT OF CALIFORNIA 2011
•The California Community Foundation
•The California Endowment
•Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
•Draper Foundation
•The Lincy Foundation
•The San Francisco Foundation
•United Ways of California
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SURGING AHEAD AND FALLING BEHIND BAY AREA
An Asian American in the Bay Area lives 2.4 years longer is more than 3 times as likely to
have a B.A. earns $20,000 more
than a Latino living in the Bay Area.
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AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTMAIN OBJECTIVES
• Introduce a “GDP for ordinary people.”
• Generate fact-based public dialogue.
• Hold elected officials accountable for human progress.
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• Is the process of enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being.
• Puts people at the center of analysis.
• Is expanded or constrained by the things we do ourselves and by the conditions and institutions around us.
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
• Developed at the United Nations.
• Rooted in Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s capabilities framework.
• Debuted in 1990.
• Seen as the global gold standard for measuring well-being in human development reports in over 160 countries.
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HOW IS IT MEASURED?
WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX REVEAL ABOUT CALIFORNIA?
HOW DOES CALIFORNIA RANK ON THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX?
TOP:
CT6.30
12th:
CA5.46
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HEALTH:
#3
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The U.S. Human Development
Index is 5.09
AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY GROUP MAP
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AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXBy race, ethnicity, gender, and nativity
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GroupHD
IndexUnited States 5.09California 5.46
Asian American 7.61White 6.60African American 4.67Latino 3.99
Latina Women 4.12Latino Men 3.75
Native-Born Latino 4.58Foreign-Born Latino 3.29
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AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA
HD Index
California 5.46
SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA
6.97
SF Asian Americans 7.93
SF Whites 7.89
SF Latinos 4.93
SF African Americans 4.81
THE FIVE CALIFORNIASHD
INDEX
9-10
7-9
5-7
3-5
1-3
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THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS
THE FIVE CALIFORNIASA RESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY SHANGRI-LA (HD INDEX 9.35):
THAN A RESIDENT OF THE FORSAKEN FIVE PERCENT (HD INDEX 2.59)
• can expect to live 9 years longer;
• is nearly 9 times as likely to have a bachelor’s degree;
• earns $45,000 more
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A TALE OF TWO BUS STATIONS IN THE BAY AREA
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A 15-year life span gap separatesAsian Americans and African Americans
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LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SF METRO AREA
The combination of relatively low education with good health is called The Latino Health Paradox.
One explanation is fewer risk behaviors.
Another is protective cultural factors such as social support and family cohesion.
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THE LATINO HEALTH PARADOX
The good news: the way to longer lives is not necessarily spending more money on doctors and medicine. Better health requires that we:
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WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
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•Improve the conditions of daily life.
•Facilitate healthy behaviors.
•Learn from Latino health advantages.
•Address the African American health crisis.
EDUCATION INDEXNEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY
GROUP MAP
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EDUCATION OUTCOMES BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY
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AVERAGES HIDE TREMENDOUS VARIATION
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What will it take?
•Make educational equity a reality.
•Prioritize high-quality preschool.
• Target dropout risks.
• Address out-of-school conditions.
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CALIFORNIA’S GROSS STATE PRODUCT VS.
TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
EARNINGSIN CALIFORNIA BY RACE, ETHNICY, AND GENDER
Group Median Earnings (2009 dollars)
White Men 48,015 Asian American Men 42,382 African American Men 32,744 Asian American Women 31,658 White Women 31,558 California 29,685 African American Women 28,713 United States 28,365 Latino Men 23,471
Latina Women 17,737
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EARNINGSSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA
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SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA BY RACE/ETHNICITY
MEDIAN EARNINGS
UNITED STATES $28,000
California $30,000
SF Whites $49,000
SF Asian Americans $40,000
SF African Americans $32,000
SF Latinos $24,000
•Boosting educational attainment.
•Fostering job creation.
•Closing gender earnings gap.
•Stabilizing housing costs.
What will it take?
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Improving living standards requires attention to:
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