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Social statistics by industry - Introducing the social dimension into environmental accounts Maja Larsson & Martin Villner
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What I will talk about today ● Why there is a need for a social dimension ● Method behind – the survey of living conditions in Sweden ● Some results and different ways of analysing data ● Future - other possible surveys to use
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WHY? ● Serve as an information system for sustainable development - also the social dimension ● Policy interventions have social effects ● Some environmental concerns are also social, for ex. health aspects of chemical use and air pollution Therefore need more social information in the SEEA
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Purpose of the project ● To choose suitable data and present it in a form that is comparable to the environmental and economic data ● To discuss with the data providers what aggregation level and data quality is possible ● To complement the environmental accounts with also the social dimension of sustainable development
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Surveys of individual and household living conditions ● Annual interview surveys since 1974 ● Approx 7 000 persons annually ● Indicators in 10 social themes: 1) Education6) Transportation/communication 2) Employment7) Recreation 3) Working environment8) Social participation 4) Finances9) Health 5) Housing conditions10) Social mobility
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● Data broken down on industries, sex, socio-economic group etc. reduces the number of observations ● 3 years added up more observations ● Minimum 50 observations (exception – 40 observations) ● Choice of indicators, by: - Number of observations - Time series - Limited by report length - Some indicators are similar Method
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4 Areas ● Working environment (7 indicators) ● Health (7 indicators) ● Financial problems and material assets (5 indicators) ● Social networks and political resources (7 indicators)
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Indicators - working environment ● Mentally strenuous work ● Heavy lifts ● Unsuitable working position ● Deafening noise (all the time) ● Accident during the last 12 months ● Hectic/monotonous work ● Casual work among all employees
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Mentally strenuous work
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Accidents at work
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Indicators - Health ● Bad state of health ● Severe problems because of long illness ● Reduced working capacity because of long illness ● Impaired hearing ● Visited a dentist during the last year ● Everyday smoker ● Obesity
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Severe problems because of long illness
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Obesity
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Indicators - financial problems and material assets ● Economic crisis during the past 12 months ● No cash reserve of SEK 13 000 (in a week) ● Access to a weekend house ● Holiday trip during the past year ● Access to car in the household ● Overcrowded
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No cash reserve of SEK 13 000
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Overcrowded
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Indicators – social networks and political resources ● No close friend ● Does not participate in discussions on politics ● Lack the ability to appeal against a public authority ● Member of a trade union ● Member of a political party ● Voter turnout ● I ncidents with violence of physical threat
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No close friend
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Lack the ability to appeal against a public authority
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Other ways of presenting data ● Environmental profiles ● Decoupling ● By level of education ● By region ● By age
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Profile – the construction industry
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Decoupling - hectic/monotonous work
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● Other surveys at Statistics Sweden: - The Work Environment Survey - The Work Related Health Problems Survey - Statistics on occupational diseases and accidents - The Labour Force Survey - Wages and salaries for the private and public sector - Road traffic accidents - Women and men in leading positions Future
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Level of education – everyday smoking
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By age – does not participate in discussions on politics
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By region – economic crisis
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