Regional Well-Being

The Regional well-being dataset presents eleven dimensions central for well-being at local level and for 395 OECD regions, covering material conditions (income, jobs and housing), quality of life (education, health, environment, safety and access to services) and subjective well-being (social network support and life satisfaction). The set of indicators selected to measure these dimensions is a combination of people's individual attributes and their local conditions, and in most cases, are available over two different years (2000 and 2014). Regions can be easily visualised and compared to other regions through the interactive website [www.oecdregionalwellbeing.org]. The dataset, the website and the publications "Regions at a Glance" and "How’s life in your region?" are outputs designed from the framework for regional and local well-being.

The Regional income distribution dataset presents comparable data on sub-national differences in income inequality and poverty for OECD countries. The data by region provide information on income distribution within regions (Gini coefficients and income quintiles), and relative income poverty (with poverty thresholds set in respect of the national population) for 2013. These new data complement international assessments of differences across regions in living conditions by documenting how household income is distributed within regions and how many people are poor relatively to the typical citizen of their country.

For analytical purposes, the OECD classifies regions as the first administrative tier of sub-national government, so called Territorial Level 2 or TL2 in the OECD classification. This classification is used by National Statistical Offices to collect information and it represents in many countries the framework for implementing regional policies. Well-being indicators are shown for the 395 TL2 OECD regions, equivalent of the NUTS2 for European countries, with the exception for Estonian where well-being data are presented at a smaller (TL3) level and for the Regional Income dataset, where Greece, Hungary and Poland data are presented at a more aggregated (NUTS1) level.

区域福祉数据集聚焦经合组织（OECD）下辖的395个区域，涵盖本地层面福祉评价的11项核心维度，具体包括物质生活条件（收入、就业与住房）、生活质量（教育、健康、环境、安全与公共服务可及性）以及主观福祉（社会网络支持与生活满意度）。用于衡量上述维度的指标体系，融合了民众个体属性与本地发展情境，且绝大多数指标可获取2000年与2014年两个年份的观测值。用户可通过交互式门户网站[www.oecdregionalwellbeing.org]便捷实现区域数据可视化，并与其他区域开展对比分析。本数据集、该门户网站以及《区域概览》（Regions at a Glance）和《你的区域生活质量如何？》（How’s life in your region?）两份官方出版物，均基于区域与本地福祉分析框架开发产出。

区域收入分配数据集提供了经合组织成员国国内区域间收入不平等与贫困状况的可比统计数据。2013年的区域级数据涵盖区域内部收入分配情况（基尼系数（Gini coefficients）与收入五分位数据）以及相对收入贫困状况（贫困线以全国人口为基准划定）。该数据集通过刻画区域内部家庭收入的分布格局，以及相对其所在国家典型民众的贫困人群规模，补充了现有关于区域间生活条件差异的国际评估成果。

出于分析规范需求，经合组织将区域界定为次国家级政府的第一行政层级，即经合组织分类体系中的二级地理单元（Territorial Level 2，简称TL2）。该分类体系被各国国家统计局用于数据采集工作，同时在多数国家也是落实区域政策的核心框架。本次福祉指标覆盖395个经合组织二级地理单元区域，对应欧洲国家的NUTS2层级；其中爱沙尼亚的福祉数据采用更细分的三级地理单元（TL3）层级发布，而区域收入分配数据集的希腊、匈牙利与波兰数据则采用更聚合的NUTS1层级发布。