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Patrick H. Buckley Geography Huxley Environmental College Western Washington University

Where Do Young Adults Live and Why? Combining Quality of Life [QOL] Measures with Geographic Information Systems [GIS] To Understand Our World. Patrick H. Buckley Geography Huxley Environmental College Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225 USA patrick@cc.wwu.edu. Talk Outline.

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Patrick H. Buckley Geography Huxley Environmental College Western Washington University

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  1. Where Do Young Adults Live and Why?Combining Quality of Life [QOL] Measures with Geographic Information Systems [GIS] To Understand Our World Patrick H. Buckley Geography Huxley Environmental College Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225 USA patrick@cc.wwu.edu QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  2. Talk Outline WHERE DO YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE? • DEFINE QOL AND GIS • REVIEW RESEARCH METHODS • INVESTIGATE YOUNG PEOPLE • CONCLUDING REMARKS QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  3. Part 1 • DEFINE QOL AND GIS QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  4. WHAT IS QUALITY OF LIFE • Define QOL • View Examples QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  5. QOL Definition • QOL: Sense of Satisfaction (Happiness, Pleasure, Well Being…) with the Environment in which a group lives • Implies that the Goods and Services and Social Constructs available in an environment create the feeling of statisfaction • The lack of these and/or the existence of Bads indicates a lower quality of life then desired QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  6. QOL High High quality of life includes Access to Goods, Services and Participation: • Food, Clothing, Housing • Education • Opportunities for Social Participation • Political Empowerment • Social and Economic Equality • Security QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  7. QOL Low Low Quality of Life implies Shortages of Goods, Inadequate Services, and Alienation: • Hungry, Cold, Wet • Uneducated • Discrimination and Inequality • Powerless and Underemployed • Fear, Anger, Despair QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  8. Private Sector Marketing Real Estate Internet Resource Management Public Sector Education Facility Management Policy and Planning Environment Other Best Places, Schools, Locations Aging Population Children Political Parties Focus of Studies Today Include QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  9. Globally: Country Continent Environmental region Nationally: Prefecture State County Locally: Neighborhood Ward Block Geographically QOL Studies are preformed at various scales QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  10. QOL Examples From WWW • ASIAWEEK.com: Asia’s Best Cities 2000http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/asiacities2000/ • Children’s Rights Council: Best US State to Raise a Childhttp://www.vix.com/crc/bestStates98.html#ranking • Save the Children: Mother’s Index and Country Ratinghttp://www.savethechildren.org/worldsmothers00/tablepage.shtml QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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  15. Summary • QOL Index measures SATISFACTION • QOL can look at many questions, groups, and places QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  16. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM • Define GIS • View Example QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  17. Define Geographic Information System [GIS] A Geographic Analytical Tool that: 1. Builds a Spatial Database 2. Investigates and Analyzes a problem 3. Provides Results as Maps, Tables, Graphs, and Reports QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  18. Geographic • Information linked to location • where things are located is important • Problems linked to place • cities, towns, countries, prefectures, neighborhoods… QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  19. Information • Data collected from people, governments, companies, organizations… • Data analyzed to understand and answer questions using: • statistical analysis • map analysis • models QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  20. System • Starts with a problem • Ends with a solution QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  21. Example of a GIS QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  22. Part 2 RESEARCH METHOD QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  23. Studying our world • How we do this • Why this is useful • Why study Young People • Using QOL Measures QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  24. How to study our world Step 1: Describe Step 2: Predict Step 3: Prescribe QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  25. Why is this useful? • Describe: Understand what is • Describe the current world • Look for patterns, relationships, correlation • Predict: Guess at what we can’t see • Predict the future • Predict other places QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  26. Why is this useful?continued • Prescribe: Suggest how to change the world • Prescribe steps to take • Make the world better • Final Result • We are more satisfied • QOL increases QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  27. Why study Young People • Young People (18 to 29 years old) are the FUTURE • Young People are Free to seek High QOL • By Understanding the Young we can predict our future • By Understanding the Young we can change our future --Make it Better QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  28. Using QOL Measures 1. Describes Satisfied/Unsatisfied parts of World 2. Helps Predict Future Satisfaction/ Dissatisfaction Where and When 3. Helps Prescribe how to make the World more Satisfied QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  29. Step 1: Describe What Is • Set an Objective • Choose a Place and Group to Study • Understand what is there • Ask Questions -- New Data • Gather Existing Information -- Old Data • Organize and Summarize the data • Present the results as Tables, Maps, Charts... QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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  32. An Example of Describing QOL • Objective: Understand QOL of Student Housing • Choose: Students at Meiji University • Understand -- Fill-out a Questionnaire • Organize and Summarize the data • Present the results as Tables, Maps, Graphs... QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  33. PAUSE FOR HANDS-ON WORK

  34. Step 2: Predict --What will be • Analyze Descriptions and Make Predictions (Ideas or Models about the world) • Test your Predictions (Ideas) • Use statistics, maps, other tools... • Do your Ideas work? • YES - go to Step 3: Prescribe • NO - go back to Step 1: Describe QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  35. An Example of Prediction • Analyze a GIS DESCRIPTION of young people in the USA • Make a Hypothesis of the reason • Test the Hypothesis (Ideas) • Do your Ideas work? • YES, then step completed • NO, look at the description again QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  36. Step 3: Prescribe --What can be • Learn from the Prediction Model • What QOL variables cause change • Adjust those QOL variables and create a new prediction • Continue to adjust the QOL variables until the future outcome is the desired outcome • Apply the suggested changes to world QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  37. Part 3 INVESTIGATE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE IN USA QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  38. INVESTIGATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN USA • State Level Investigation • County Level • Conversion to Points • Predict a Relationship • Conclusions QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  39. State Level Investigation Calculate the % of Young People in an State # Young People/ Total Population * 100 17 Young/ 100 People * 100 = 17% QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  40. State Level Investigation continued • Divide the results into 5 quantiles (equal size groups) with increasing Percentage of Young People 50 state/ 5 groups = 10 states/group • Map results and investigate QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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  43. County Level Investigation Repeat work at County Level: Calculate the % of Young People in a County # Young People/ Total Population * 100 17 Young/ 100 People * 100 = 17% QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  44. County Level Investigation continued • Divide the results into 5 quantiles (equal size groups) with increasing Percentage of Young People 3,138 counties/ 5 groups = 627 (approx.) counties/group • Map results and investigate QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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  47. Conversion to Points • Represent Counties as Points instead of Areas (Easier to Read) • Map and Investigate QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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  49. Predict a Relationship • Hypothesis (My Idea): Young People like to live near large cities • QOL is higher • more jobs • more entertainment • more exciting QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

  50. Predict a Relationship continued • Test Hypothesis (My Idea): Map out 40 largest cities and find percentage of Young People living near each • use 30 mile radius for search area • intersect percent young with search area • map and graph results QOL-- Where are the Young Adults

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