Maggino, Filomena

Sabbadini, L. L.

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Quality of life in Italian official surveysFilomena Maggino Linda Laura Sabbadinifilomena.maggino@unifi.it sabbadin@istat.it1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundthe CopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeing1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundCopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeingQuality-of-life studies50-year history inheriting “social indicators” movement, born in USA during 60s (Bauer, 1966)1. From social indicators to quality of lifequantifying “symptoms” (indicators) of living conditionsA. Niceforo(1916-17, 1921)recognized (Noll, 2004) as the pioneer of social-indicators concept1. From social indicators to quality of lifeNASA’s project aimed at studying the impact of the American space program on American societyR. Bauer(1966)basic definition of social indicators: “statistics, statistical series, and all other forms of evidence that enable us to assess where we stand and are going with respect to our values and goals”1. From social indicators to quality of lifediffusion of innovative ideas and concepts related to the so-called social indicators movement and research:- United States,- Europe and other countries - international organisations (OECD, UN, …) 1. From social indicators to quality of lifeDebate on social indicatorsshifted to:what should be considered the major goal of social progress1. From social indicators to quality of lifeEmerging issue  social costs of economic growthdiscussion about value orientations and goals of development and growth1. From social indicators to quality of lifeconcept of quality of lifealternative to(more and more questionable) concept of material prosperitymultidimensional and complex goal of societal development1. From social indicators to quality of lifeintroduced idea new goals for measuring social progress based uponvalues orientations and concept of policy and political participation1. From social indicators to quality of liferesearch questionhow to operationalise the concept and how to quantify it in terms of data and indicators1. From social indicators to quality of life1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundCopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeingdebates and interests on Quality of life researchat international levelinside and outside the Academiain Italyhard to take shape, especially in the academic field2. Quality-of-life movement in ItalyHoweverseveral local administrations promoted numberless studies and researches on liveableness of cities and regions 2. Quality-of-life movement in Italypioneer territorial/local administrations’experiences (70s)(e.g., the Bilanci Sociali d’Area)wide interest in quality-of-life studies at the local level (Martinotti, 1981; Nuvolati, 2002)2. Quality-of-life movement in ItalyNew recent experiences• Annual report by “Sole 24ore” onQuality-of-life in Italian provinces• Sbilanciamoci!  QUARSIndice di Qualità dello Sviluppo Regionale2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundCopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeingTraditionally Official statistics  economic-orientedindividuals considered “productive subjects” more than citizens, (assuming a male-style model)no information on households1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statisticsTraditionally Official statistics  economic-orientedindividuals  “productive subjects”children  “students”elderly people  “retired workers”1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statisticsTraditionally Official statistics  economic-orientedno element allowing a comprehensive analysis of a society as a whole…reducing the completeness of statistics production 1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statisticsThe quality of life approachputs social subjectsat the centre1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundCopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeing90sthe turning point for Italian official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveOfficial statisticsSistema delle indagini Multiscopo(from 1993)putting ISTAT in the vanguard and in line with the perspective emerged in a recent meeting onMeasuring subjective well-being: an opportunity for National Statistical Offices?(Florence, 2009)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveAims• improving official statistics on social condition of the country for policy makers• developing knowledge for administrative purposes• observing (i) relationships between facts(ii) complexity of behaviours and attitudes (iii) define QoL with the possibility to trace interventions 2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveIntroduction of subjective datanot always considered proxy information about some objective dimensions of the studied phenomena2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveIntroduction of subjective dataimportant challenge for official statistics increasing the interpretative capacity of data about social phenomena2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveCopernican revolutionovercoming the invisibility of subjects and households in official statistics. 2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveCopernican revolutionallows genders, childhood and elderly quality-of-life statistics to be developed and to focus on particular social groups (disabled, immigrants, …)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectivesubjectsno more parts of institutions or sectors (household, school, work, …)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectivesubjectsno moreparts of institutions or sectors (household, school, work, …)seen2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectivebutNo more in terms of …-----ElderlyPensionersWomenHousewivesChildhoodChildrenYoungStudentDevelopment of new indicatorsdevoted to particular social subjects: Children  Elderly people  Young people  Disabled  Women (gender approach) 2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome exampleshealthmore importance not only to• physical and mental well-being • use of servicesbut also to• prevalence of chronic diseases• measuring of disabilities• prevention behaviours and lifestyles2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesCriminalitynot only• reported crimes, but also• hidden criminality ( domestic violence)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesTime-use, leisure time, culturenot only• reported behaviours, but also• motivational and perception data allowing to explore new phenomena(e.g., digital divided)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesSocial networksimproved knowledge onfamily and its transformation along yearsstructural changes2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesPoverty and deprivationfromrelative poverty measuresto attempts to defineabsolute measures2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesPoverty and deprivationfrom onlyobjective measures (monetary)to alsosubjective measures2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesImmigrantsaimmeasure social integrationin order toimprove existing statistical information2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesPoor and homelessChallenge in different perspectives- conceptual (new definitions needed)- methodological (new survey methods)- analytical (multidimensionality)2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesDiscriminationAd-hoc survey onprejudice and discrimination attitudes gender oriented  ethnic oriented  sexual oriented 2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveSome examplesDiscriminationAiming at studyingdiscrimination as phenomenon showing- Possible cumulative effects on different dimensions - Possible combination of more sources on the same individual2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspective1. From social indicators to quality of lifeQuality-of-life movementhistoricalbackgroundCopernicanrevolutionQuality-of-life data in official statistics in Italy2. Quality-of-life movement in Italy1. From economic-oriented to social-oriented official statistics2. From social perspective to quality-of-life perspectiveFuture perspectives of QOL data: new indicators of wellbeingGOALImproving statistical data productionin the perspective of new measure of wellbeing and progress of societyFuture perspectivesPlanned improvementsSistema delle indagini multiscopo- increasing cadence - introducing new topics e.g.awareness towards environmental issues- defining new ah-hoc surveys e.g. discriminationFuture perspectivesImprovements of quality-of-life approachfits in with the recent international movement exploring new ways to measure societal wellbeing aimed at passing the mere GDP perspectiveFuture perspectivesFilomena Maggino Linda Laura Sabbadinifilomena.maggino@unifi.it sabbadin@istat.itMany thanks for your attention

Quality of life in Italian official surveys

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