2017-09-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 SEPTEMBER 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                              12 SEPTEMBER 2017

                                           Social          Connectednesss
                                                                    3 of 3

              Sense of Belonging

              A person’s sense of belonging is measured by asking survey participants how much they agreed with the following
              three statements, from 'strongly disagree’ (1) to 'strongly agree' (7): (i) | feel welcome here; (ii) | feel part of my
              community; and (iii) | feel like an outsider here. The ‘belonging’ measure was calculated as the average score for
              these three variables, after the scoring for ‘I feel like an outsider here’ was reversed, from 1 (low sense of belonging)
              to 7 (high sense of belonging).

                                                        Sense of Belonging Index
                                       6.0.
                                                                                                   5.9
                                     gz 5.9
                                     ?
                                  i 5.58
                                     &
                                  3 £ 57
                                   3
                                   g 3 5.6 -
                                   5 & 5.5
                                   ag                5.4                    5.4
                                   ie 54
                                   ow
                                   Z § 53
                                     S52
                                       54
                                             Rural & regional Australia Rural & regional Queensland Noosa (n=320)
                                                   (n=12981)              (n=1953)

                The Sense of Belonging Index is made up from responses to a number of questions, with the results to each question
                presented below. The questions were measured on a 7-point scale, from 'strongly disagree’ (1) to 'strongly agree’ (7),
                with the results below showing percentages for those who scored 5, 6 or 7 as showing agreement.

                                                        Sense of Belonging Questions
                                        @ Rural & regional Australia (n=12981) @ Rural & regional Queensland (n=1953) ® Noosa (n=320)
                                    908                 85.0                    83.6
                                    80.0 |   BS _ 75
                                                                     71.9  715
                                    70.0

                                  w 60.0 +
                                  5
                                  = 50.0 }
                                  5
                                  B 400 +
                                  2
                                  3
                                  F 30.0 |

                                    20.0 +
                                                                                             12.8 12.6

                                     0.0 +
                                              | feel welcome here  I feel part of my community | feel like an outsider here

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