Quality of Life in Gauteng
Quality of life is a measure that moves beyond the idea of ‘standard of living’ and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) indicators, which are typically closely tied to income, and attempts to get a broader sense of well-being that takes both basic needs and psycho social components into account. GCRO’s Quality of Life index draws on 58 indicators from a range of questions measuring objective circumstances and subjective opinions. Indicators are grouped into 10 dimensions (each has a maximum score of 1). The dimension scores are added together to give a total Quality of Life score out of 10.
Date of publication:
June 2018
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Satisfaction with local government by dwelling type
Satisfaction with local government differs significantly across dwelling types. People who live in a cluster house in a complex have the highest level of satisfaction, whereas people living in informal settlements have by far the lowest satisfaction with local government. Overall, respondents who live in formal dwellings are more satisfied with local government than those living informally. However levels of satisfaction with local government differ across municipalities. For example, a greater percentage of those in informal dwellings in Mogale City are satisfied with local government than those in formal dwellings in Emfuleni.
Date of publication:
June 2018
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Government services 2 – Best rated services per municipality
This vignette, the second part of a double vignette, assesses how Gauteng residents perceive and value the government services they receive. It identifies the services that respondents in GCRO's Quality of Life IV (2015/16) survey had the highest satisfaction with, for each municipality in Gauteng, and those with which they had the highest level of dissatisfaction. It also highlights which services mattered the most to respondents, irrespective of their access to or satisfaction with that particular service.
Date of publication:
April 2018
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Government services 1 – Inadequate access to services
Household infrastructure services like water or sanitation, and public services such as parks or roads, lie at the interface between government and society. This vignette, the first part of a double vignette, considers the government delivery side of the equation. It examines lingering gaps in access to key services across Gauteng's municipalities, asking what proportion of respondents in GCRO's Quality of Life IV (2015/16) survey (i) used bucket toilets for sanitation, (ii) collected water more than 200m away, and (iii) had no stormwater drains.
Date of publication:
April 2018
