The Centre for Quality of Life at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has published its annual Youth Quality of Life Index Report, explaining exactly what kids today are moaning about. Phew!
According to the results, Hong Kong’s young people have perceived an overall drop in quality of life over the past 12 months.
The total score for 2014-15 was 100.65, dropping 0.59 points from last year but still 0.65 point above the base year in 2012-13.
The index report, sponsored by the MTR Corporation, gathers it’s scores by compiling government statistics and subjective telephone surveys with Hongkongers aged 15-24.
The index measures the quality of life for youth in Hong Kong through 28 indicators, which are grouped into eight domains consisting of physical health, psychological well-being, society, economics, education, politics, living environment and overall well-being.
This year, the domains of society, economics, living environment and education showed improvements, while the realms physical health, politics, overall well-being and psychological well-being saw lower scores.
Among the indicators that experienced the most improvement were current economic conditions, youth crime rate, social services participation and drug abuse behaviour.
(The latter means they’re taking fewer drugs, we assume.)
However, many indicators also experienced a noticeable drop, especially in the domain of politics and physical health.
The largest indicator drop was government performance evaluation, which fell by 18 percent, stooping to a measly score of 2.2 out of 10, compared with 2.7 in 2014 and 3.1 in 2013.
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