Result of GNH Index

- GNH Index for unweighted variables     - GNH Index for domain weighted variables  - Dzongkhag ranking by domain weighted GNH Index  - Dzongkhag ranking by unweighted GNH Index

GNH Index for unweighted variables  (Top of the page) Sl no. Domain Indicators Indexes Question Sufficiency cut off Insufficiency Headcount (H) Total number of respondents  (N) Avg. Insufficiency (HI)= H/N Average distance from cutoff Average squared distance from cutoff GNH Index= 1-Average distance from cutoff 1 Psychological wellbeing  General mental health Mental Health Index General Health Questionnaire Normal mental wellbeing 74 560 0.132 0.026 0.010 0.990 2 Frequency of prayer recitation Spirituality Index Do you say/recite prayers? Daily 323 560 0.577 0.346 0.230 0.770 3 Frequency of meditation  Spirituality Index Do you practise meditation? Occasionally  505 560 0.902 0.902 0.902 0.098 4 Taking account of karma in daily life Spirituality Index Do you consider karma in the course of your daily life? Daily 295 560 0.527 0.270 0.141 0.859 5 Frequency of feeling of selfishness  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience selfishness? Never 137 560 0.245 0.134 0.079 0.921 6 Frequency of feeling of jealousy  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience jealousy? Never 112 560 0.200 0.106 0.059 0.941 7 Frequency of feeling of calmness  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience calmness? Often 465 560 0.830 0.540 0.395 0.605 8 Frequency of feeling of compassion  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience compassion? Often 385 560 0.688 0.389 0.240 0.760 9 Frequency of feeling of generosity  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience of generosity?  Often 384 560 0.686 0.387 0.237 0.763 10 Frequency of feeling of frustration  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience of frustration? Never 331 560 0.591 0.314 0.176 0.824 11 Occurrence of suicidal thought  Emotional Balance Index Have you ever seriously thought of commiting suicide? No  22 560 0.039 0.038 0.038 0.963 12 Ecology  Perception of pollution of rivers Enivronmental Degradation Index Is pollution of rivers/streams an environmental concern in your area? No 333 560 0.595 0.595 0.595 0.405 13 Perception of soil erosion  Environmental Degradation Index Is soil erosion an environmental concern in your area? No  305 560 0.545 0.545 0.545 0.455 14 Method of waste disposal  Environmental Degradation Index How do you dispose your household waste? Compositing and burning or municipal garbage pick up  29 560 0.052 0.045 0.041 0.959 15 Names and species of plants and animals  Ecological Knowledge Index Do you know the name of species of plants and animals in your local surrounding? Yes 36 560 0.064 0.064 0.064 0.936 16 Tree plantations around farm and house Afforestation Index Do you plant trees around your farm or houses? Yes  106 560 0.189 0.189 0.189 0.811 17 Health  Self reported health status  Health Index In general, would you say your health is: Excellent 411 560 0.734 0.409 0.246 0.754 18 Long term disability Health Index Do you have any long term disabilities, health/mental problems? No 57 560 0.102 0.102 0.102 0.898 19 # of healthy days in the past 30 days  Health Index Number of healthy days 26 34 560 0.061 0.088 0.073 0.927 20 Body Mass Index  Health Index What is your height and weight? 18.5-24.99 166 560 0.296 0.139 0.081 0.919 21 Knowledge of transmission of HIV/AIDS virus  Health Knowledge Index Do you know how HIDS/AIDS virus is transmitted? Yes 63 560 0.113 0.113 0.113 0.888 22 Duration for a child to be breast fed only Health Knowledge Index How long should a child be breast fed exclusively? 6 months  300 560 0.536 0.370 0.325 0.676 23 Walking distance to health care centre  Health Barrier Index How long does it usually take you to walk to the nearest health care centre? 60 minutes  226 560 0.404 0.133 0.076 0.924 24 Education  Level of education  Education Index What is your highest level of education? Class XII 487 560 0.870 0.583 0.478 0.522 25 Literacy rate  Education Index Literacy rate  Literate in either English or Dzongkha 209 560 0.373 0.373 0.373 0.627 26 Ability to understand lozey  Dzongkha Language Index If you are an audience to traditional lozey exchange, would you be able to understand the contents? Would understand very well 481 560 0.859 0.577 0.450 0.550 27 Historical literacy (Knowledge on local legend and folk stories) Historical literacy Index How would you rate your knowledge and understanding of the local legends and folk stories? Good 489 560 0.873 0.629 0.506 0.494 28 Culture  Speaking first language Dialect Index How well can you speak your first language now? Very well 46 560 0.082 0.029 0.011 0.989 29 Frequency of playing traditional games Traditional Recreational Index During the past 12 months, how often have you played traditional sports? Once or twice a month 478 560 0.854 0.723 0.658 0.342 30 Zorig chusum skills  Artisan Skill Index Zorig chusum skills  1 skill or more 132 560 0.236 0.236 0.236 0.764 31 Teaching children importance of discipline Value Transmission Index How important is it for children to learn discipline? Very important 9 560 0.016 0.009 0.005 0.995 32 Teaching children importance of impartiality  Value Transmission Index How important is it for children to learn to be impartial towards rich, poor, different status, etc. Very important 95 560 0.170 0.112 0.083 0.917 33 Knowledge of mask and other dances performed in tshechus Community Festival Index How would you rate your knowledge and understanding of the mask and other dances performed during national/local tshechu? Good 446 560 0.796 0.552 0.429 0.571 34 Importance of reciprocity as a life principle Reciprocity Index Please indicate the importance that you assign to reciprocity in life Very important 133 560 0.238 0.126 0.070 0.930 35 Attitude towards killing Basic Precept Index Is killing justifiable? Can never be justified 35 560 0.063 0.032 0.017 0.983 36 Attitude towards stealing Basic Precept Index Is stealing justifiable? Can never be justified 28 560 0.050 0.026 0.014 0.986 37 Attitude towards lying Basic Precept Index Is lying justifiable? Can never be justified 98 560 0.175 0.088 0.044 0.956 38 Attitude towards sexual misconduct Basic Precept Index Is sexual misconduct justifiable? Can never be justified 29 560 0.052 0.026 0.013 0.987 39 No. of days spent in a year attending community festivals Community Festival Index On an average, how many days do you spend in a year attending social and cultural activities, such community festivals or chokus of neighbours? 6-12 days 352 560 0.629 0.339 0.195 0.805 40 Living standards  Household income  Living Standard Index What was the approximate total cash income for your household during the past 12 months? 70,597 438 560 0.782 0.533 0.405 0.595 41 Income sufficiency to meet everyday needs  Living Standard Index How well does your total household income meet your family's everyday needs for food, shelter and clothing? Just enough 69 560 0.123 0.123 0.123 0.877 42 Food insecurity  Living Standard Index In the past 12 months, did you cut the size of your meal or skip meals because there wasn't enough food and money for food? No 12 560 0.021 0.021 0.021 0.979 43 House ownership  Living Standard Index Is the dwelling in which you live, rented or owned? Owned  73 560 0.130 0.130 0.130 0.870 44 Room ratio Living Standard Index Number of persons per room 2 persons/room 187 560 0.334 0.119 0.054 0.946 45 Purchase of second hand clothes  Hardship Index In the past 12 months, did you buy second hand clothes instead of new ones to keep costs down? No 161 560 0.288 0.288 0.288 0.713 46 Difficulty in contributing to community festivals Hardship Index In the past 12 months, did you have difficulty in contributing to community festivals? No 82 560 0.146 0.146 0.146 0.854 47 Postponement of urgent repairs and maintenance of house  Hardship Index In the past 12 months, did you postpone urgent repairs and maintenance of your household  No 180 560 0.321 0.321 0.321 0.679 48 Time use  Total working hours  Time Index Total working hours  7 hours 338 560 0.604 0.162 0.054 0.946 49 Sleep hours  Time Index Sleeping hours  8 hours 125 560 0.223 0.030 0.007 0.993 50 Community vitality Sense of trust in neighbours Community Trust Index How much do you trust your neighbours? Trust most of them 329 560 0.588 0.251 0.122 0.878 51 Neighbours helping each other in the community Social Support Index Would you say this is a neighbourhood where neighbours help one another? Always 280 560 0.500 0.181 0.072 0.928 52 Labour exchange with community members Reciprocity Index Did you exchange labour with any community members during the past 12 months? Yes 147 560 0.263 0.263 0.263 0.738 53 Socializing with friends Socialization Index In the last month, how often did you socialize with your friends? Few times a week 279 560 0.498 0.245 0.152 0.848 54 Members of your family really care about each other Family Index Do the members of your family really care about each other? Agree 22 560 0.039 0.029 0.023 0.977 55 You wish you were not part of your family Family Index Do you wish you were not part of your family Disagree 35 560 0.063 0.042 0.032 0.968 56 Members of your family argue too much Family Index Do the members of your family argue too much Disagree 157 560 0.280 0.167 0.110 0.890 57 There is a lot of understanding in your family Family Index Is there lot of understanding in your family? Agree 63 560 0.113 0.076 0.058 0.942 58 Your family is a real source of comfort to you Family Index Is your family is a real source of comfort to you? Agree 33 560 0.059 0.040 0.031 0.969 59 No. of relatives living in the same community Kinship index Number of relatives living in the same community Most 326 560 0.582 0.345 0.235 0.765 60 Victim of crime Safety Index Have you been a victim of crime in the last twelve months? No 7 560 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.988 61 Feelings of safety from human harm Safety Index How safe do you feel when walking alone in your neighbourhood or village after dark from human harm? Always safe 203 560 0.363 0.245 0.186 0.814 62 Sense of enmity in the community Safety Index Did enmity rise in the community during the last twelve months? No 71 560 0.127 0.127 0.127 0.873 63 No. of days volunteered Reciprocity Index On an average how many days did you spend during the past 12 months doing voluntary activity on your own? 11 days 387 560 0.691 0.541 0.501 0.499 64 Amount of donation in cash value Reciprocity Index Total amount donate in the past 12 months 10% of your income 392 560 0.700 0.506 0.413 0.587 65 Availability of social support Social Support Index How often is someone there to help you when you have problems? Most of the time  390 560 0.696 0.404 0.257 0.743 66 Good governance  Performance of central government in reducing income gap Government Performance Index Rate the performance of central government in reducing gap between rich and poor Excellent 331 560 0.591 0.359 0.243 0.757 67 Performance of central governmentt in fighting corruption  Government Performance Index Rate the performance of central government in fighting corruption  Excellent 292 560 0.521 0.312 0.207 0.793 68 Right to freedom of speech and opinion Freedom Index Do you feel that you have right to freedom of speech and opinion Yes 43 560 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.923 69 Freedom from discrimination  Freedom Index Do you feel that you are free from discrimination based on race, sex, religion, language, politics or other status Yes 68 560 0.121 0.116 0.113 0.887 70 Trust in central ministries Institutional Trust Index To what extent do you trust central ministries? Trust 117 560 0.209 0.116 0.070 0.930 71 Trust in dzongkhag administration Institutional Trust Index To what extent do you trust dzongkhag administration? Trust 118 560 0.211 0.115 0.067 0.933 72 Trust in media Institutional Trust Index To what extend do you trust media? Trust 118 560 0.211 0.114 0.066 0.934 0.360 0.240 0.188 0.812 GNH Index 0.640 0.760 0.812  GNH Index for domain weighted variables  (Top of the page) Sl no. Domain Indicators Indexes Question Sufficiency cut off Insufficient Head Count (H) Total number of respondents (N) Domain weights Avg. Insufficiency (HI)= H/N Average distance from cutoff (ADC) Average squared distance from cutoff  Weighted average  squared = Average squared distance from cutoff * Domain weights Domain weighted  average squared distance from cutoff GNH Index  Percent contribution to the GNH Index 1 Psychological wellbeing  General mental health Mental Health Index General Health Questionnaire Normal mental wellbeing  74 560 0.091 0.132 0.026 0.010 0.001 0.228 0.772 10.7 2 Frequency of prayer recitation Spirituality Index Do you say/recite prayers? Daily 323 560 0.091 0.577 0.346 0.230 0.021       4 Taking account of karma in daily life Spirituality Index Do you consider karma in the course of your daily life? Daily 295 560 0.091 0.527 0.270 0.141 0.013       5 Frequency of feeling of selfishness  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience selfishness? Never 137 560 0.091 0.245 0.134 0.079 0.007       6 Frequency of feeling of jealousy  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience jealousy? Never 112 560 0.091 0.200 0.106 0.059 0.005       7 Frequency of feeling of calmness  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience calmness? Often 465 560 0.091 0.830 0.540 0.395 0.036       8 Frequency of feeling of compassion  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience compassion? Often 385 560 0.091 0.688 0.389 0.240 0.022       9 Frequency of feeling of generosity  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience of generosity?  Often 384 560 0.091 0.686 0.387 0.237 0.022       10 Frequency of feeling of frustration  Emotional Balance Index How often do you experience of frustration? Never 331 560 0.091 0.591 0.314 0.176 0.016       11 Occurrence of suicidal thought  Emotional Balance Index Have you ever seriously thought of committing suicide? No  22 560 0.091 0.039 0.038 0.038 0.003       12 Ecology  Perception of pollution of rivers Environmental Degradation Index Is pollution of rivers/streams an environmental concern in your area? No 333 560 0.200 0.595 0.595 0.595 0.119 0.287 0.713 9.8 13 Perception of soil erosion  Environmental Degradation Index Is soil erosion an environmental concern in your area? No  305 560 0.200 0.545 0.545 0.545 0.109       14 Method of waste disposal  Environmental Degradation Index How do you dispose your household waste? Compositing and burning or municipal garbage pick up  29 560 0.200 0.052 0.045 0.041 0.008       15 Names and species of plants and animals  Ecological Knowledge Index Do you know the name of species of plants and animals in your local surrounding? Yes 36 560 0.200 0.064 0.064 0.064 0.013       16 Tree plantations around farm and house Afforestation Index Do you plant trees around your farm or houses? Yes  106 560 0.200 0.189 0.189 0.189 0.038       17 Health  Self reported health status  Health Index In general, would you say your health is: Excellent 411 560 0.143 0.734 0.409 0.246 0.035 0.145 0.855 11.8 18 Long term disability Health Index Do you have any long term disabilities, health/mental problems? No 57 560 0.143 0.102 0.102 0.102 0.015       19 Number of healthy days in the past 30 days  Health Index Number of healthy days 26 34 560 0.143 0.061 0.088 0.073 0.010       20 Body Mass Index  Health Index What is your height and weight? 18.5-24.99 166 560 0.143 0.296 0.139 0.081 0.012       21 Knowledge of transmission of HIV/AIDS virus  Health Knowledge Index Do you know how HIDS/AIDS virus is transmitted? Yes 63 560 0.143 0.113 0.113