What Does GDP Tell Us about Progress?

MEASURE OF AMERICA

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 Measure of America, a nonpartisan project of the nonprofit Social Science Research Council, provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding well-being and opportunity in America. Through reports, online tools, and evidence-based research, Measure of America breathes life into numbers, using data to identify areas of need, pinpoint levers for change, and track progress over time.

Work in California: Portrait of California 2011, Portrait of Marin, Portrait of Sonoma County, Portrait of California 2014-2015 (Marin, Sonoma, California 2015 in Spanish). 

A Portrait of California 2014–2015 FUNDING CONSORTIUM

Blue Shield of California Foundation

California Community Foundation

The California Endowment

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation

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The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

The San Francisco Foundation

United Ways of California

Weingart Foundation

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Defined as the process of enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being.

Puts people at the center of analysis and looks at the challenges we face in the interconnected way we experience them.

Is expanded or constrained by the things we do ourselves and by the conditions and institutions around us.

Debuted in 1990 at the UN; rooted in Amartya Sen's capabilities framework.

Seen as the global gold standard for measuring well-being in human development reports in over 160 countries.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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HOW IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MEASURED?

WHAT DOES THE INDEX REVEAL ABOUT

CALIFORNIA?

Well-Being Data Calculated for:

Top 10 Metro Areas CountiesNeighborhood Clusters (265)Senate DistrictsAssembly Districts

Race/EthnicityNativity (native- vs. foreign-born)Gender

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BY METRO AREA

Top 10 captures 84%

of total population

SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA BY NEIGHBORHOOD CLUSTER

A resident of San Ramon or Danville. . .

lives 8.4 years longer

is about 5 times as likely to have a bachelor’s degree

earns nearly $52,000 more. . .

than a resident of South Central Oakland

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXBY RACE AND ETHNICITY

CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO METRO AREA

African Latino Asian White American American 4.58 4.90 7.61 7.65

SF well-being outcomes higher for

every group

Asian American-

white switch

Latino-African American switch

California Whites: $41k California Asian Americans: $39k

SF Whites: $53k SF Asian Americans: $42k

PROGRESS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2000 LATINAS MADE FASTEST PROGRESS

Among Latinas, well-being increased 7 times faster

than for white men.

Neighborhood Clusters

• There are 265 Census Bureau-defined neighborhoods in California.

• Population size: around 100,000–200,000 so allows for “apples to apples” comparisons

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THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

THE FIVE CALIFORNIAS

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A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE

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CALIFORNIA IS A HEALTHY STATE!

CA#2

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CALIFORNIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

PROGRESS ON HEALTH WILL REQUIRE. . . paying attention to the conditions of daily life.

ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE

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EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD

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HS: Range from 97%

to 39%

Enrollment: Range from 92% to 57%

EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIABY RACE/ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY

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However, U.S-born Latino adults have HS graduation and enrollment rates

above CA average.

Unsurprisingly, low educational

attainment among foreign-born

Latinos.

Asian American higher ed VERY high

THESE RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS ARE NOT MONOLITHIC

PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT (3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS)BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATERACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

One in five African

American youth in SF

On in six Latino youth in San

Francisco and San Jose

Youth Disconnection: A Serious Issue for California

DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING

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MEDIAN PERSONAL EARNINGSBY RACE AND ETHNICITY

Agenda for Action

HOW IS THIS WORK BEING USED?

• Health promoters• Canal Alliance• Housing policy debate

• The California Endowment – Building Healthy Communities• United Ways of California – Legislative briefing, community work• The San Francisco Foundation – Equity lens• Southern California Grantmakers – Policy focus

HOW IS THIS WORK BEING USED?

Portrait of Sonoma County

“You can’t go to a meeting in the community without the Portrait of Sonoma being talked about.”

• Pledge of Support—55 organizations• 90 presentations by Sonoma Dept. of Health Services• Restriction on e-cigarettes• Universal preschool feasibility study• County-wide focus on five lowest tracts• PD community healing – mural• Funding Circle• Hike the Portrait

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