Key findings from 3 years of Household Surveys:

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Key findings from 3 years of Household
Surveys HEALTH OF COVENTRY GROUP
Nigel Berkeley Yasmeen Akhtar Coventry
University
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The Household Survey and the Narrowing the Gap
agenda

• Linked to Coventry Community Plan (two years
  delivery). Household survey is used to track a
  number of indicators over time (where official
  stats unavailable).
• Survey also now linked in with the Citys Local
  Area Agreement (LAA)
• (On a number of indicators) now have three years
  household survey data to examine emerging trends
  (2003 2005)

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The Household Survey and the Narrowing the Gap
agenda

• Measuring residents views on quality of life in
  their own neighbourhoods and the city as a whole
• (perceptions, attitudes and experiences)
• Equalities and communities
• Housing
• Environment
• Health (including physical exercise, sport and
  cultural activities)
• Community Safety
• Learning Training
• Jobs
• Transport

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The key questions

• To what extent are the outcomes of Coventry
  Community Plan being realised
• Are things getting better across the City and
  especially in priority neighbourhoods?
• Difference between priority neighbourhoods
  the rest of the city is the gap narrowing?

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The sample (2005)

• 1172 residents across the city interviewed in
  December 2005 (BMG Research)
• 43 of interviews (505) completed in priority
  neighbourhoods
• Sample representative by age, gender, ethnicity
  and geography

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Representativeness
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Representativeness
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Key findings relating to physical exercise, sport
and cultural activities
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Government PSA Target

• increase the take-up of cultural and sporting
  opportunities by adults and young people aged 16
  and above by
• increasing the number who participate in active
  sports at least 12 times a year by 3, and
• increasing the number who engage in at least 30
  minutes of moderate intensity level sport, at
  least three times a week by 3.

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• Increasing the number who participate in arts
  activity at least twice a year by 2, and
  increasing the number who attend arts events at
  least twice a year by 3.
• Increasing the number accessing museums and
  galleries collections by 2.
• Increasing the number visiting designated
  Historic Environment sites by 3.

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Findings

• Findings for 2005 provide a baseline to track
  change over time, but also reveal interesting
  differences in participation (access) rates,
  especially between
• Priority neighbourhoods and the rest of the city
• White ethnic groups and BME ethnic groups
• But alsobetween age groups and gender

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More residents surveyed take part in active
sport at least monthly
Baseline gap of 8 established
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More residents surveyed take part in moderate
intensity physical activity at least three times
per week
Moderate intensity physical activity
recreational walking Baseline position no gap
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More residents surveyed attend arts events at
least twice a year
Baseline gap of 17.5 established (arts event
opera, ballet, theatre, dance, comedy, music,
galleries/exhibitionsetc)
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More residents surveyed participate in arts
activity at least twice a year
Baseline gap of 10.3 established (arts
activity writing/composing, performing plays,
photography, painting, designing, arts crafts,
ballet/dance)
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More residents surveyed access museums and
galleries
Baseline gap of 7.5 established
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More residents surveyed access museums and
galleries
Baseline gap of 7.3 established
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More residents surveyed visit designated
historic environment sites
Baseline gap of 9.6 established
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Live sporting events
Baseline gap of 12.5 established
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