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Love or money?
June.26, 2008, The Chronicle Herald
"Relationships, of course, outweigh wealth, Nova Scotians tell researchers."

Nova Scotians Value Friendship and Generosity over Material Wealth
June 2008	Human and Social Capital - Population Health
Authors: Mike Pennock, Martha Pennock, Linda Panozzo, and Ronald Colman

These Community GPI Profiles summarize key results from unique community-level surveys conducted by GPI Atlantic in Kings County and Glace Bay - two Nova Scotia communities that have very different socio-economic profiles. GPI Atlantic surveyed more than 3,600 residents, randomly selected, on key aspects of wellbeing, including health, jobs, livelihood, safety, social supports, volunteer work, and environmental attitudes and behaviours that are rarely addressed in conventional surveys. The surveys also provide first time results on the core values that Nova Scotians hold, with respondents asked to rank ten values in terms of their importance as guiding life principles, and to rate their own life satisfaction, happiness, health, and stress levels. The surveys were constructed after extensive community consultations, and took at least two hours to complete. Response rates were more than 70% in Kings County and a remarkable 82% in Glace Bay. In addition to the Kings County and Glace Bay GPI Community Profiles, a third volume titled A Tale of Two Communities, compares some key results from both communities. Four PowerPoint presentations are also offered here as summaries of key results - one each for Kings County and Glace Bay, and two providing longer and shorter comparisons of key results. The full Kings County GPI survey results and database are housed at Acadia University and can be accessed by filling out the data access forms available on the GPI Kings website. The full Glace Bay GPI survey results are housed at Cape Breton University and can be accessed by filling out the data access forms available on the GPI Glace Bay website. The surveys themselves are available here.
Glace Bay Community Profile 3.8MB PDF
King's County Community Profile 4.0MB PDF
Tale of Two Communities 528kB PDF
Media Coverage
Press Release
Community GPI Summary and Sample Results Presentation (964kB Powerpoint)
Glace Bay Presentation (952kB Powerpoint)
King's County Presentation (4.0MB Powerpoint)
Two Communities Presentation (248kB Powerpoint)
Two Communities Wellbeing Presentation (156kB Powerpoint)

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ReThinking
Development
The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness
Antigonish, June, 2005
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