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generalize to results across the plan area. A stratified approach where random samples
are drawn from municipalities and from more remote communities is recommended.
The survey is recommended every five years. Costs would depend on the desired level of
confidence but would range from $10,000 to $30,000.
c. Local census using ‘Proxy Method’
A community-based census survey modeled after the Skeena Native Development
Society annual Labour Market Survey called the “Proxy Method” would enable
measurement of indicators not available through existing sources or the other two
surveys. The approach is used to obtain community and individual data in remote First
Nations villages by working with band offices and by hiring local interviewers who
interview key informants. Recommended frequency is three years. Costs would roughly
estimate $35,000-$45,000 total for both plan areas.
Conclusion- Key messages
1) Human well-being involves more than economic or material factors; it
includes other factors such as health, education, culture and social
processes. These factors interact with each other in complex feedback
loops. Selection of indicators should reflect this broad definition of human
well-being.
2) To reflect the theories of human well-being, indicators can be framed in an
“indicator framework” that is either selected or synthesized from the
literature. There are many conceptual indicator frameworks currently in
use by both practitioners and academics. None of the nine frameworks
reviewed is recommended to be adopted “as is” for the North and Central
Coasts; thus the set of recommended HWB components is a synthesis of
the nine indicator frameworks based on dominant themes across all
frameworks. There is no single “right” way to develop a monitoring
framework.
3) Selecting the criteria (“screening questions”) is nearly as important as the
selection of the indicators themselves. It would be unfortunate if selected
indicators don’t work because the criteria have not been carefully
considered in advance, or if the criteria are debated after the fact.
Involving community members and stakeholders in the development of
criteria could be an important step in establishing buy-in for the indicators.
4) There are serious limitations in the use of existing data for the North and
Central Coast because the boundaries of the plan areas don’t closely match
the boundaries of the existing sources, and because of the small
populations in the plan areas that make data sets too small for meaningful
comparisons over time.
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