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CSPP. WELLBEING IN THE COMMUNITY PROFESSOR RICHARD ROSE FBA Centre for the Study of Public Policy EC-Eurofound-EPC Conference Brussels 14 September 2010 A full text of the Report on which this talk is based is available at: www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eqls/2007/index.htm.
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CSPP WELLBEING IN THE COMMUNITY PROFESSOR RICHARD ROSE FBA Centre for the Study of Public Policy EC-Eurofound-EPC Conference Brussels 14 September 2010 A full text of the Report on which this talk is based is available at: www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eqls/2007/index.htm
2 EVALUATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES QUESTION 56. In general, how would you rate the quality of each of the following public services in your country on a scale from 1, very poor quality, to 10, very high quality. Mean on 10 point scale (Standard deviation) (2.1) (2.0) (2.2) (2.1) (2.2) (2.2) Source: European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2007 in 27 member states
PUBLIC SERVICES BY COUNTRY 3 Mean score: Very poor quality Very high quality Source: EQLS 2007
4 PUBLIC EXPENDITURE BY PUBLIC SERVICES Sources: Quality of public service: EQLS 2007, aggregated mean scores for each of 27 EU member states; Public expenditure as percent of GDP. Correlation: 0.30.
5 NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES QUESTION 54. Please think about the area where you live now – I mean the immediate neighbourhood of your home. Do you have very many reasons, many reasons, a few reasons, or no reason at all to complain about each of the following (4=no reason; 1=very many reasons). (Mean on 4 point scale) Source: EQLS, 2007.
6 EUROPEAN EVALUATION OF ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES QUESTION 47. On the last occasion you needed to see a doctor or medical specialist, to what extent did each of the following factors make it difficult for you to do so? Very A little No difficult difficult difficulty Mean (1) (2) (3) (percent) Q47_1 Distance 5 22 73 2.7 Q47_4 Cost of seeing doctor 9 23 68 2.6 Q47_2 Hard to get appointment 13 29 58 2.5 Q47_3 Waiting time to see doctor 13 33 54 2.4 Source: EQLS 2007.
POLITICAL TRUST BY COUNTRY 7 Source: EQLS 2007. Political trust score is the mean of five items in Q. 27; see Figure 7.1. Cyprus unavailable.
8 TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST Sources: Transparency International 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index (www.transparency.org); EQLS 2007. Correlation: 0.85.
TENSIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL GROUPS 9 Management and workers Poor and rich No No tension tension 10% 15% A lot A lot 30% 32% Some Some 58% 55% Men and women Old and young A lot A lot 12% None 18% 24% None 30% Some Some 58% 58% Different racial and ethnic groups Different religious groups None None 11% 20% A lot 31% A lot 40% Some 49% Some 49% Source: EQLS 2007, Q25.
COUNTRIES WITH PROBLEMS NOT PROBLEM COUNTRIES 10 Source: EQLS 2007; results weighted equally. The computation of a standardized index score involves calculating a coefficient by dividing into 100 the mean of the index for 27 EU countries weighted equally and then multiplying each country’s mean by the coefficient.
11 POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR WELLBEING IN THE COMMUNITY ♦REDUCE DEPRIVATION, INADEQUATE INCOMES especially to: Improve access to health Reduce economic tensions ♦IMPROVE NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES, ADDRESS MAJORITY VIEWS To reduce racial, religious tensions ♦REDUCE CORRUPTION especially to: Raise political trust Improve neighbourhood services