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World Cities Family-Friendliness and Safety Metrics
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Identifying the most suitable international locations for raising a family involves balancing economic factors, legislative support, and public sentiment. This index evaluates 150 global cities across categories such as housing affordability, educational standards, and family-oriented legislation. By combining statistical data on essential services with survey results reflecting parent satisfaction, the collection offers a thorough look at urban livability for families. Each location is assessed through eighteen distinct indicators, including safety, healthcare, and air quality, to determine which environments offer the best conditions for household growth.
Columns
- City: The name of the international city evaluated in the study.
- Country: The country in which the city is located.
- Housing Affordability: A normalised score representing median monthly rent as a share of household income after tax.
- Living Costs by Income: A normalised score of monthly living expenses as a share of household income after tax.
- Unemployment (%): The annual local unemployment rate for the year 2018.
- Education: A normalised value reflecting the average performance of adolescents in reading, mathematics, and science.
- Safety: A normalised value representing the degree of safety experienced by residents.
- Mobility: A normalised value for the efficiency of public and private transport systems.
- Air Quality (µg/m3): The annual average level of PM10 pollution measured in micrograms per cubic metre.
- Healthcare: A normalised measure of the healthcare system based on access, quality, and satisfaction.
- Kids' Activities: A score reflecting the attractiveness and variety of family-oriented leisure activities.
- Paid Parental Leave (Days): The total number of days provided by local legislation for parental leave.
- Family Inclusivity: A measure of how inclusive the city is for various family types, including same-sex parents.
- Neighbourhood Safety: A sentiment-based score derived from parent surveys regarding community safety for children.
- Family-Friendliness: A public sentiment score based on whether parents believe the city is a good place for families.
- Total: The final aggregate index score combining all measured factors.
- Latitude: The geographic coordinate representing the north-south position of the city.
- Longitude: The geographic coordinate representing the east-west position of the city.
Distribution
The data is delivered in a single CSV file titled
Movinga_best_cities.csv with a file size of approximately 17.14 kB. It contains 150 unique records, each representing an individual city, structured across 18 columns. The records maintain 100% integrity with no missing or mismatched entries reported. This is a static release with no future updates expected.Usage
This resource is ideal for conducting comparative urban studies to identify trends in global city livability. It is well-suited for building visualisations that map family-friendly metrics against geographic coordinates or for performing correlation analysis between economic factors and public sentiment. Additionally, relocation services can utilize the scores to provide data-driven recommendations to families moving abroad.
Coverage
The geographic scope covers 150 international cities across 47 different countries, with a high concentration of locations in the United States and Germany. Temporally, the data reflects conditions and statistics relevant to the year 2019. The demographic focus is on families and the specific needs of parents and children in urban environments.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Urban researchers and sociologists can leverage these records to study the factors that contribute to successful family environments in modern cities. Global mobility specialists and relocation consultants may utilise the index to assist clients in selecting international destinations. Furthermore, city planners and policy makers can use the comparative scores to identify areas where their local services may lag behind global leaders.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Global Family-Friendly Cities Index 2019
- Movinga International Urban Livability Registry
- Best Cities for Families: Global Comparison Data
- World Cities Family-Friendliness and Safety Metrics
- 2019 Global City Index for Families and Residents
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