Grasslands Regional FCSS ass QUALITY OF LIFE #2 NEWELL REGION 2018 For a copy of the Quality of Life Full Reports and Snapshots for communities within the Newell Region visit: www.grasslandsregionalfcss.com For More information contact: Lynn Pye-Matheson, MSW RSW Executive Director Grasslands Regional FCSS
[email protected] 403-362-4549 Quality of Life #2, 2018: Newell Region EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Quality of Life project began in the fall of 2011 seeking a means to increase understanding of communities within the Newell Region. The intent of the research was to determine a Quality of Life model or matrix that could be applied to the Newell Region. After conducting a literature review of existing academic research, it was discovered that other Quality of Life Survey models would not provide the detailed level of analysis required when using a multi-sector (Business; Public; Social) approach to measuring the quality of life within this blended urban and rural region. The literature review also determined the nine factors most relevant to the quality of life in the Newell Region. Frequency analysis was conducted to choose potential variables within each of the nine factors – feedback from residents was obtained through pre-testing surveys and community forums held throughout 2011 and 2012 to determine variables most relevant to the Newell Region. Thus, Grasslands Regional FCSS created a new quality of life survey with the capacity to collect information useful to a broad variety of key stakeholders. The result was the first Grasslands Regional FCSS Quality of Life Survey #1 administered throughout the Newell Region in the summer of 2013 and Survey #2 administered in the spring and summer, 2017.