LS 3: Increasing Equity

Equity can mean different things in different contexts, and to different people.

• It sometimes implies an idea of giving people what they deserve, with some kind of reward for effort.
• It can also sometimes mean protecting the most vulnerable members in society.
• It can mean directing resources to where they will produce the most ‘good’, however measured.
• Sometimes it means procedural fairness, or being even-handed.

All these elements of equity are important, and thinking about all of them and how they interact in the context of policy development is the core of the ‘equity’ corner of the Living Standards Framework.

Link to the analyst note can be found here.

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Research and Analysis

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Title	Sub-categories	Organisation	Date	Uploaded by
Setting the New Zealand living wage: complexities and practicalities	Economy Living conditions	Other	2016	Peter King
DISCOVERING COMMUNITY POWER: A GUIDE TO MOBILIZING LOCAL ASSETS AND YOUR ORGANIZATION’S CAPACITY	Social connection and governance	Other	2005	Graciela Rivera-Munoz
Mäori: Demographic Dividend for Economic Return	Economy Living conditions Population	NZIER	2011	Margaret Galt
Child Well-being in Rich Countries: A comparative overview	Health Living conditions	Other	2013	Kristie Carter
Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health	Health Living conditions Social connection and governance Work, knowledge and skills	Other	2008	Kristie Carter
Children's Chances - How countries can move from surviving to thriving	Economy Health Living conditions Work, knowledge and skills	Other	2013	Kristie Carter
Social Inequality in New Zealand: International Social Survey Programme	Culture and identity Living conditions Social connection and governance	Massey University (Staff)	2010	Margaret Galt
Income and individual deprivation as predictors of health over time	Health Living conditions	Otago University (Staff)	2013	Kristie Carter
Dynamics of Income in Children in New Zealand, 2002-2009. A descriptive analysis of the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE).	Living conditions	Otago University (Staff)	2012	Kristie Carter

Measurement and Statistics

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Indicator Name	Data Source	Sub-categories	Frequency	Uploaded by
Representation of women in Parliament and local government	Other	Social connection and governance	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee
Impact of fear of crime on quality of life	Ministry of Justice	Living conditions Social connection and governance	One-off	Peter Lee
Cancer-survival probabilities	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee
Avoidable hospital admissions	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Annually	Peter Lee
Suicide rate	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Annually	Peter Lee
Prevalence of psychological distress	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee
Childhood immunisation coverage	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	One-off	Peter Lee
Prevalence of healthy lifestyles	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee
Health expectancy at birth	Ministry of Health	Health Living conditions	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee
Housing affordability	Statistics New Zealand	Living conditions	Ad-hoc	Peter Lee

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Source: Statistics NZ

Source: Ministry of Education