The Newfoundland and Labrador System of Community Accounts Alton Hollett

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1 The Newfoundland and Labrador System of Community Accounts Alton Hollett Assistant Deputy Minister Economics and Statistics Department of Finance Government of Newfoundland and Labrador June 23, 2008

2 The Journey: Why did we build the Community Accounts? The origins of the Community Accounts Royal Commission on Employment & Unemployment in 1985 Economic Commission in early 1990s The early 1990s saw a deep recession and the collapse of the ground fishery Very high levels of out-migration A time of stress and uncertainty for residents 2 p_ca104

3 A Vision for the Future Strategic Economic and Social Plans brought a vision for action called for a healthy, educated, prosperous, self-reliant people living in sustainable communities Called for evidence-based policy approaches Sharing and use of quantitative data and information 3 p_ca104

4 Building the Community Accounts: A Partnership Approach Formed partnership with Memorial University (Dr. Doug May) Built prototype based on our vision and knowledge of potential users and their needs Shaped the data by extending prototype through collaboration, partnering and engagement with: citizens, officials, and experts in various topic areas 4 p_ca104

5 Community Accounts: Engaging People - Sharing Data Principles: Users have to readily identify with topics Helping people to know themselves and their communities better Allows for the transformation of: data ->information ->knowledge A quantitative foundation for evidence - based decision making 5 p_ca104

6 The Community Accounts: What are They? Data for 400 communities 215 NL neighborhood areas Many other geographies Social and economic indicators 6 p_ca104

7 Community Accounts: Our Conceptual Foundations Well-Being Indicators Linked to the Vision Well-Being Account Consumption Accounts Income Accounts Social Accounts Health Accounts Labour Market Accounts Production Accounts Demographic Accounts Education Accounts Resource/Wealth Accounts Environmental Accounts 7

8 Summary Statistics Community Profile-Corner Brook Population Infrastructure Incomes Occupations and Industries Employment Rate Participation Rate Health Status Rate of Smoking Drinking Levels Education Levels Social Assistance Employment Insurance Value of Housing 8

9 Community Comparison Tools 9

10 Well-Being Summary 10

11 The System of Community Accounts A social accounting system which shows how social and economic forces interact with natural resources and our environment to determine our individual and collective Well-being. 11 p_ca104

12 Well-Being and Its Domains 12

13 The System of Community Accounts 13

14 Domain Dimensions: Groups, Time, Space 14

15 A Top Down/Bottom-up Approach 15

16 The Community Accounts The Determinants of Determinants Since subjective well-being is difficult to measure researchers have focused on the determinants of objective indicators in the domains such as income, health status, crime rates, employment or educational attainment. An example of such a determinants model is the population health model. From our well-being perspective the population health model is a determinants of determinants model since health is a determinant of well-being. Increases in well-being are the ultimate outcome and the motivation for interventions. 16 p_ca104

17 Determinants of Population Health 17

18 Headline Indicators: Health Influenza Immunization Rate (65+) Patient Satisfaction Self-Rated Health HALE Diabetes Life Expectancy Heart Disease Death Rate Prevalence of Obesity Low Birth Weight Probability of Depression Smoking Rate Physically Active 18

19 Health Account Structure 19

20 The Road We Have Traveled Income accounts SSP Conferences Interest by other provinces Implementation in Nova Scotia Interest in other countries Australia OECD Invited to present in Istanbul World Forum 2007 Current interest - at higher levels of Governments Growing/continued inter-national exposure and interest 20 p_ca104

21 The Future Continue building domain data Expansion of neighborhood data NL Market Basket Measure of Low Income At Risk of Homelessness indicators and data Crime and Community Safety data and indicators Partnerships to promote and facilitate the use of the CAs 21 p_ca104

22 Awards NL Government Award of Excellence Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) - Award for Innovative Knowledge Management Short Listed for the UN Award for Public Service 22 p_ca104

23 The System of Community Accounts Thank you for your interest in our work! Contacts: Alton Hollett (709) Robert Reid (709) p_ca104