LOCAL AND TRANSNATIONAL EVALUATION John White - PICESWM Professor Paul Kingston - Staffordshire University Active Aging
2 year programme - Looking at the impact of worklessness and unemployment for people over 50 living in the western area of the county of Herefordshire -Examining the effectiveness and quality of existing support, information and advice --Identifying initiatives and potential solutions for people over 50 Active Aging
Baseline study: Series of focus groups Development of the ‘intervention’ Development of the ‘evaluation’ Active Aging
(Partner logo) Active Aging Local evaluation [pre and post test design] Quasi-experimental design employ the same strategies as experimental designs, but lack the randomisation [could we randomise]? This then becomes a Non-equivalent control group design with pre-tests (Ra a ) >O a1 >X a >O a2 Random selectionpre-testindependent post-test variable
(Partner logo) Active Aging Local evaluation Sequential analysis of a variety of measurements: Social networks (Antonnucci, Phillipson, Wenger) Social capital (UK Census, BHPS, Resource Generator Boase and Wellman) Skills and education Economic circumstances Satisfaction with life (Diener) Occupational status Life time occupational status And possibly others ……
SAMPLE Intervention group N=20 – 10 per location [Peterchurch and Kington] Control group N=20 – 10 per location Active Aging
Preliminary data Active Aging
2003 CAS wardFebruary 2009May 2009August 2009November 2009 numberratenumberratenumberratenumberrate 00GANY : Aylestone GANZ : Backbury GAPA : Belmont GAPB : Bircher GAPC : Bringsty GAPD : Bromyard GAPE : Burghill, Holmer and Lyde GAPF : Castle GAPG : Central GAPH : Credenhill GAPJ : Frome GAPK : Golden Cross with Weobley GAPL : Golden Valley North GAPM : Golden Valley South GAPN : Hagley GAPP : Hampton Court GAPQ : Hollington GAPR : Hope End GAPS : Kerne Bridge GAPT : Kington Town GAPU : Ledbury GAPW : Leominster North GAPX : Leominster South GAPY : Llangarron GAPZ : Mortimer GAQA : Old Gore GAQB : Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley GAQC : Penyard GAQD : Pontrilas GAQE : Ross-on-Wye East GAQF : Ross-on-Wye West GAQG : St Martins and Hinton GAQH : St Nicholas GAQJ : Stoney Street GAQK : Sutton Walls GAQL : Three Elms GAQM : Tupsley GAQN : Upton GAQP : Valletts GAQQ : Wormsley Ridge Column Total4, , , ,5654.4
benefit claimants - working age client group ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] area typelocal authorities: county / unitary area nameHerefordshire, County of sexTotal durationTotal childrenall stat grouptotal benefitjob seekers allowance (JSA) only DateTotalaged 45-54aged 55-59aged February 20092, May 20092, August 20092, November 20092,
claimant count with rates and proportions ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] sexTotal item nameTotal claimants DateHerefordshire, County of January 20103,028 February 20103,106 March 20102,946 April 20102,832
claimant count - age and duration ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 26 May 2010] sexTotal subsetAged 50 and over, claiming for over 6 months DateHerefordshire, County of January February March April data rounded to nearest 5.
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