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Abstract

This belongs to the panel submission No. 1332. A lot of discussion has taken place on the relationship between
happiness and health. Veenhofen (2010) proposed a measurement method of happiness and estimated ‘Happy
Life Years (HLY)’. Chei (2018) showed a significant inverse association of happiness with all-cause mortality using
the Singaporean data. The Longitudinal Study of Aging and Health in the Philippines (LSAHP) and in Viet Nam
(LSAHV) were launched and the baseline survey was completed in 2019. These studies take in the items of CES-D
(Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression) Scale. Among those aged 60 and above in the Philippines, about
93% of respondents answered they are happy. In Viet Nam, about 80% of respondents answered they are happy.
In Japan, 6th wave of the World Value Survey conducted in 2010 indicates that about 85% of males aged 60 and
above and about 94% of females are happy. Older adults in the Philippines seem to be happier compared with
those in Viet Nam and older adults in Japan show gender differences. In this presentation, we will show the
preliminary results of LSAHP and LSAHV on potential indicators of happiness and discuss the possibility of cross-
border comparison of happiness.

PS 2.1 Demographic Data and Methods

12:30 - 2:00pm Tuesday, 3rd August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Gu Xiaorong , Maria Gayatri

401 Enhancing the Implementation of the Community-Based Family Information
System Through Revitalizing the Village Community Institutions

Rina Herartri, Muhammad Dawam, Wisnu Fadila, Septi Nurhayati, Wahyu Utomo

BKKBN, Jakarta, Indonesia

Categories

2. Population Census/Survey, Vital Registration, and Big Data

Abstract

The Family Planning Program has continuously developed its reporting and recording system, which currently
known as ‘Family Information System’. The system consists of three sub-systems: 1) family planning services, 2) field
management, and 3) family enumeration. An operational research was conducted in 2019 at two villages in West
Java and Central Java Provinces, with the aim to enhance the implementation of the field management sub-system.
This sub-system collects routine data from community-based activities at hamlet, sub-village, and village levels.
Three areas have been identified as barriers for the implementation of the sub-system, i.e. technical, organizational,
and behavioral factors. This research proposes to integrate the sub-system into the structure of the existing Village
Community Institutions (VCIs) which have been established in almost all villages in Indonesia since 1980s. This
integration simplifies the program structures at grass-roots level and enables the fieldworkers to focus their
supervision to the VCIs. However, a revitalization process is required to strengthen the VCIs capacity in performing
the new task. The process includes increasing the institution’s legal status within the village governance system,
recruiting computer literate millennials, and developing a working mechanism with the village development
planning system to increase the use of data and information.

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