GPI Community Profile of Glace Bay

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GPI Community Profile of Glace Bay

• May 2008

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Majority of residents are satisfied with their
lives
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who are satisfied
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Life Satisfaction

• Highest income more than twice as likely as
  lowest-income
• Highest among retirees
• Mid-range for employed persons, students and
  homemakers
• Lowest among unemployed

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What would increase life-satisfaction?
More financially secure 77.2
Less stress 74.7
Spend more time with family and friends 73.7
More money 63.7
Doing more to make a difference in my community 54.5
More possessions 26.5
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Core Values
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Values and Life Satisfaction

• Positive social values associated with
  life-satisfaction
• Materialistic values were not
• Consistent with literature

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Alienation?
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Spirituality

• 72 reported that spiritual values play important
  role in their life
• Higher in females (79) than males (62)
• Lowest among 15 to 34 (50) and rises
  progressively to 88 among 65

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Unemployment

• 26.4 much higher than corresponding NS and Cdn
  rates
• Highest among 20 to 24 (45) and lowest among
  35-44 (18)

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Strongly associated with education
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Unemployed

• 62 of unemployed were long-term (25 weeks)
• 41 were pessimistic about finding work
• No significant differences between males and
  females

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Part-time

• 16 working part-time
• Higher in females (22) than males (9)
• 15 of part-timers are involuntary
• No significant difference between males (16) and
  females (14)

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Benefits
Full-time Part-time
Pension 57 27
Health 62 19
Dental 53 12
Sick 62 23
Vacation 78 40
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Self-reported Health Status

• 47 reported health as very good or excellent
• Lower than NS and Canadian average (58)
• Females reported better health than males but
  both were below provincial and national rates

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Strong Relationship with Income
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Also in chronic disease prevalence
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Activity Limitation

• 24 reported an activity limitation due to
  physical or mental health problem
• Lower than NS average (29) and similar to
  Canadian (24)
• Males (27) higher than females (22)

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Again, Strong Relationship with Income
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High rates of smoking among males and females
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Highest among middle-aged
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Higher quit rates among higher incomes
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High rates of obesity among both males and females
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Middle-aged bulge
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Obesity by Income
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Sedentary

• 19 lived a sedentary lifestyle
• Highest among young and old
• No gender differences
• U-shaped relationship with income

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Physical activities at least 5X per week

• 46
• Males (48) slightly higher than females (44)
• U-shaped with age- lowest among middle-aged
• No strong income effects (A good thing!)

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Preventive practices last year
Mammogram 40 Close to NS Below Canada
BP Monitoring 76
Pap Smear 45 Lower than NS and Canada rate Income effect
Breast Exam by Professional 35 Strong income effect
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Mental Health

• Strong age effects

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Thinking clearly solving problems

• 20 have some difficulty thinking clearly and
  solving daily problems
• Highest rate of difficulty among young persons
  (33)
• Lowest income group almost four times as likely
  to report problems as highest income group (30
  vs 8)

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Emotional Distress

• 22 reported two or more symptoms of emotional
  distress with highest rates among young (40),
  decreasing across age groups to 13 among elderly
• Lowest income almost twice as likely as highest
  income (32 vs 17)
• High rates among unemployed (36) and students
  (35)

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Depressed Mood (2 weeks in past 12 months)

• 16 with females slightly more likely than males
  (17 vs 14)
• Highest among young (20) and 35-44 (20)

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Depressed Mood by Income
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Childhood Risk Factors

• Parental unemployment (19.5)
• Parental substance use (17.66)
• Physical abuse (6)
• female 7.5 and male 4

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Number of risk factors
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Depressed mood by risk factors
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Stress

• 7 very stressful, 40 somewhat stressful
• Stress levels were highest between 25 and 44
  (59) and fell to 26 among 65
• Females reported highest stress, particularly
  time-related stresses
• Two income families higher than one-income
  families (65 vs 38)

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Job Stresses
Male Female Total
Too many demands 23.7 30.9 27.5
Too many hours 10.1 9.6 9.8
Too few hours 12.3 15.3 13.9
Lack of autonomy/control 9.8 9.1 9.4
Risk of injury/accident 13.4 11.4 12.3
Interpersonal relations 8.4 9.1 8.9
Threat of layoff/job losses 26.8 14.1 20.0
Other 6.7 7.9 7.3
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Would trade pay increases for fewer hours
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Volunteering

• 29 gave unpaid help to group or organization
• Highest among 35
• Positive relationship with income
• 60 very satisfied and 33 somewhat satisfied

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Reasons for not volunteering
No time 39
Not interested 14
Not asked 15
Health problem 22
Not aware 4
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Informal volunteering

• Provided by 59
• Somewhat higher in females (54) than males (49)

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Willing to do more if asked

• 52 would give more of asked
• Males 57
• Young (15 to 24) 78
• Low income (58)

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Unpaid care-giving
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Inside home higher in low income
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Social support
Male Female Total
Someone you can count on in crisis 94.8 96.1 95.5
Someone to give advice for important decisions 93.3 95.6 94.6
Someone who makes you feel loved and cared for 96.4 97.1 96.8
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Social support

• Strong income gradient across categories
• Lowest among unemployed

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Crime Victimization

• 8 had been victimized during past five years
• No significant gender difference
• Highest rate among young (11) and fell across
  age groups to lowest rate among 65 (5)
• No relationship with income

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Satisfaction with Sense of Safety
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Feeling Safe Walking in Neighbourhood
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Understanding the ecological footprint- Nova
Scotia
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Vehicle use
Vehicles per household Kms/Vehicle per household Household Kms
-20,000 .6 15,975 11,182
20,000-34,999 1.1 17,899 21,479
35,000-49,999 1.4 19,949 29,923
50,000-69,999 1.7 20,576 37,039
70,000 1.9 21,835 43,670
Higher income households more likely to own minivans and SUVs Higher income households more likely to own minivans and SUVs Higher income households more likely to own minivans and SUVs Higher income households more likely to own minivans and SUVs
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Ecological attitudes
Male Female Total
The way we live produces too much waste 83.2 80.7 81.8
The way we live consumes too many resources 72.9 67.3 69.7
We focus too much on getting what we want now and not enough on conserving resources for future generations 83.8 81 82.2
Most of us buy and consume more than we need. 85.2 83.5 84.2
Todays youth are too focussed on buying and consuming things 81.6 84.5 83.3
I spend nearly all of my money on the basic necessities of life 60.8 64.0 62.6
If I wanted to, I could choose to buy and consume less than I do. 64.8 59.4 61.7
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Out of balance lives

• Socially motivated people who see themselves as
  living in a materialistic society
• Materialism is about economic security, not
  possessions

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Continuing inequities

• Lower income residents have poorer mental and
  physical health (including disabilities)
• Lowest levels of social support
• Higher levels of caregiving

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Health challenges

• Higher rates of obesity and smoking
• Dont forget the young
• Mental health issues

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The positive

• High levels of health and wellbeing
• High levels of social support
• Volunteerism
• Strong ecological commitment