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DEFRA's Head of Sustainable Products and Consumers briefs SWO delegates on sustainable development indicators and well-being measures.
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Sustainable Development Indicators and
Wellbeing Measures
Sara Eppel, Head Sustainable Products and Consumers, Defra
Wellbeing
Securing the Future
“What is missing is a means of making sure that wellbeing issues are being tackled consistently, in the right way, and that we are genuinely making a difference to people’s lives”
A common understanding
Wellbeing is: • positive physical, social and mental state • individuals have a sense of purpose • achieve personal goals & participate• supportive personal relationships• communities• health• financial & personal security• rewarding employment• healthy & attractive environment
Wellbeing in Government
• Audit Commission, Local Government and the Young Foundation• Department for Children, School and Families• Department for Communities and Local Government• Department for Culture, Media and Sport• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs• Department of Health• Department for Work and Pensions• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills• Office for National Statistics• Scottish Executive• Welsh Assembly Government• Sustainable Development Commission
• 68 SD indicators• Simple presentation• ‘Traffic light’ assessments• Pie-chart summaries
• 45,000 printed per year
Sustainable development indicators
2004 -
• 220,000 downloads per year
SD Indicator framework
Sustainable consumption & production
Natural resource protection & enhancement
Climate change & energy
Creating sustainable communities & a fairer world
Decoupling emissions, resource use & waste
Society Employment & poverty Education Health Mobility & access Justice & equity Housing Wellbeing International Contextual
Existing Indicators
• Fear of crime
Existing Indicators
• Workless households
Existing Indicators
• Suicides
Environmental equalityPopulations living in areas with, in relative terms, the least favourable environmental conditions, 2000-7
Framework
Domain Factors
Health •Mental health•Physical health
How we spend our time •Active engagement•Spending time with family / friends
Standard of living •Employment•Material deprivation•Financial security
Achievement in life •Education•Sense of purpose
Attitudes and beliefs •Feeling threatened•Trust•Autonomy / control•Optimism
Relationships •Personal support •Personal relationships
Environment •Housing•Use of green space
Wellbeing as SD indicators
39. Fear of crime *41. Workless households43. Childhood poverty45. Pensioner poverty 47. Education 50. Healthy life expectancy51. Mortality rates (suicide)57. Accessibility *59. Social justice 60. Environmental equality62. Housing conditions 66. Satisfaction with local area *
Perceptions of anti-social behaviour *
Self-reported general health *
Self-reported long-standing illness *
Mortality rates for those with severe mental illness
Trust in people in neighbourhood *
Influencing decisions in local area *
(New) existing indicators
• Perceptions of anti-social behaviour
(New) existing indicators
• Self-reported general health
68. Wellbeing measures
• Overall life satisfaction• Overall life satisfaction by social grade• Satisfaction with aspects of life• Satisfaction with aspects of life, by social grade• Satisfaction with aspects of life, by age• Frequency of positive and negative feelings• Frequency of positive and negative feelings, by social grade• Frequency of feelings or activities which may have a positive or negative
impact on wellbeing• Level of participation in sport• Access to green space• Level of participation in other activities• Positive mental health
Overall life satisfaction
Life satisfaction rating, by socio-economic class
Regional dissatisfaction
Satisfaction with aspects of life
Relationships
Accommodation
Standard of living
Local area
Day to day activities
Health
Leisure
Control
Achievement of goals
Future financial security
Community
88%
86%
85%
82%
78%
78%
73%
72%
70%
63%
61%
Overall average:fairly or
very satisfied
Chart showsdifference from
the average
Satisfaction with aspects of life
Frequency of feelings
Happy
Engaged
Energised
Unsafe
Depressed
Lonely
Everything was an effort
Sleep was restless
73%
64%
45%
3%
5%
6%
16%
24%
Overall average:everyday
or most days in the
last 2 weeks
Chart showsdifference from
the average
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