Neighbourhoods are environments where children live, go to school, and interact with others daily.[1] People experience better health if they live in an area in which they are socially active, feel supported and safe, and trust their neighbours.[2] Children and youth who live in neighbourhoods with a strong social support are more likely to have an improved sense of emotional well-being.[1]
Senior kindergarten parents who report their neighbours help each other |
About the MeasureThis measure comes from the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS), a questionnaire completed by parents of senior kindergarten students. The KPS asks parents about whether people around their neighbourhood are willing to help their neighbours. Parents can respond “true,” “sometimes true,” or “not true.” This measure presents data on parents who responded “true” in 2015. The 2018 KPS was administered in Dufferin, but not Wellington and Guelph. If you would like to access 2018 KPS data for Dufferin, please contact Jane Hall at County of Dufferin Children’s Services: jahall@dufferincounty.ca Key FindingsOverall, fewer senior kindergarten parents from Guelph (69.7%) report that their neighbours help each other compared to parents from Wellington (80.8%) and Dufferin (77.5%). These percentages vary greatly at the municipal level. This data can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Kindergarten Parent Survey, 2015. Prepared by the County of Dufferin and the County of Wellington. WDG Report Card Coalition (distributor). Last updated August, 2016. LimitationsThe KPS is completed voluntarily and may be subject to underreporting and response bias. Certain sub-groups of the population are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. As a result, the data may not be representative of the entire population. Other neighbourhood-related concepts, such as rural versus urban settings, should also be considered, in order to provide a more complete picture of the neighbourhoods in which kindergarten children live and grow.
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Youth who report living in a caring neighbourhood |
About the MeasureThis measure is collected from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (WDG) Youth Survey that gathers self-reported well-being data from grade 7 and 10 students. The survey asks students about whether their neighbours care about them. Students who respond “extremely” or “very” are categorized as having high levels of caring neighborhood. Key FindingsAcross the three Youth Survey cycles, more grade 7 than grade 10 students reported high levels of a caring neighbourhood. In 2017-18, students in Wellington (62.1%) were more likely to report a caring neighbourhood compared to students in Dufferin (52.1%) and Guelph (57.9%), not shown on graph. Data by gender and grade, as well as data at the municipal level, can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: WDG Youth Survey, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2017-18. WDG Report Card Coalition. Last updated September 5, 2018.
LimitationsThe WDG Youth Survey collects self-reported data and is subject to response bias and recall bias.
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[1] Pickett, W., Janssen, I., & Rosu, A. (2012). Neighbourhoods. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada. Available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/dca-dea/publications/hbsc-mental-mentale/neighborhoods-quartiers-eng.php
[2] Gidlow, C., Cochrane, T., Davey, R. C., Smith, G., & Fairburn, J. (2010). Relative importance of physical and social aspects of perceived neighbourhood environment for self-reported health. Preventive medicine, 51(2), 157-163.