{"id":111074,"date":"2020-02-11T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T01:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=111074"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:40:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:40:34","slug":"neighborhoods-highest-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/11\/neighborhoods-highest-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Hawai\u02bbi neighborhoods have the highest well-being?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Center on the Family <\/a> released the most recent Community Profile Series<\/em><\/a>, which examines the well-being of communities throughout the state. <\/p>\n

The latest series\u2014an expansion of work conducted in 2018\u2014presents measures of quality of life and community well-being for 42 communities throughout the state, as well as state and county-level data. Data from a variety of national and state sources on 38 indicators are organized into five key well-being domains: family and social environment, economic well-being, education, health and community. The profiles present the relative conditions of each community in comparison to the state, and communities are also ranked into five tiers (tier 1 being the highest and tier 5 being the lowest) based on overall well-being.<\/p>\n

While Oʻahu<\/span> has a number of communities in the top tier of overall well-being, the county offers a mixed bag with communities on the Leeward coast and urban Honolulu landing in the bottom tier. Communities in Maui and Kauaʻi<\/span> counties tend to place in the mid-range tiers, while Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island has a number of communities in the lower tiers. <\/p>\n