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CALIFORNIA

A PORTRAIT OF. CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011. SARAH BURD-SHARPS KRISTEN LEWIS. WWW. MEASUREOFAMERICA .ORG #APOC 2011. DONORS TO A PORTRAIT OF CALIFORNIA 2011. The California Community Foundation The California Endowment Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

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CALIFORNIA

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  1. A PORTRAIT OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011 SARAH BURD-SHARPS KRISTEN LEWIS WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG #APOC2011

  2. 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 • Weingart Foundation WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  3. 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. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  4. AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTMAIN OBJECTIVES • Introduce a “GDP for ordinary people.” • Generate fact-based public dialogue. • Hold elected officials accountable for human progress. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA 4

  5. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT • 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. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  6. 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. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  7. HOW IS IT MEASURED? WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA 7

  8. WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX REVEAL ABOUT CALIFORNIA?

  9. HOW DOES CALIFORNIA RANK ON THE AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX? The U.S. Human Development Index is 5.09 TOP: CT 6.30 12th: CA 5.46 HEALTH: #3 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  10. AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY GROUP MAP

  11. AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX By race, ethnicity, gender, and nativity WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  12. AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA

  13. HD INDEX 9-10 7-9 5-7 3-5 1-3 THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

  14. A RESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY SHANGRI-LA (HD INDEX 9.35): • can expect to live 9 years longer; • is nearly 9 times as likely to have a • bachelor’s degree; • earns $45,000 more THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS THAN A RESIDENT OF THE FORSAKEN FIVE PERCENT (HD INDEX 2.59)

  15. A TALE OF TWO BUS STATIONS IN THE BAY AREA WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  16. LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SF METRO AREA A 15-year life span gap separates Asian Americans and African Americans WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  17. THE LATINO HEALTH PARADOX 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. 87.4 86.1 84.2 81.8 80.0 79.2 77.5 74.9 73.2 WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  18. WHAT WILL IT TAKE? The good news: the way to longer lives is not necessarily spending more money on doctors and medicine. Better health requires that we: • Improve the conditions of daily life. • Facilitate healthy behaviors. • Learn from Latino health advantages. • Address the African American health crisis. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  19. EDUCATION INDEX NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNTY GROUP MAP

  20. EDUCATION OUTCOMES BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  21. AVERAGES HIDE TREMENDOUS VARIATION WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  22. What will it take? • Make educational equity a reality. • Prioritize high-quality preschool. • Target dropout risks. • Address out-of-school conditions. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  23. CALIFORNIA’S GROSS STATE PRODUCT VS. TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  24. EARNINGSIN CALIFORNIA BY RACE, ETHNICY, AND GENDER WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  25. EARNINGSSAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA

  26. What will it take? Improving living standards requires attention to: • Boosting educational attainment. • Fostering job creation. • Closing gender earnings gap. • Stabilizing housing costs. WWW.MEASUREOFAMERICA.ORG/CALIFORNIA

  27. www.measureofamerica.org/california/maps Twitter: @ahdpwww.facebook.com/measureofamerica

  28. Thank you!www.measureofamerica.org#APOC2011

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