Quality of life by age group: Sondrio, Gorizia and Trento top for children, young people and the elderly
The survey presented at the Festival of Economics. The three rankings identify the provinces where children, young people and the elderly live best. The South at the back, big cities are bad for the under-35s
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Sondrio for children, Gorizia for young people and Trento for the elderly. It is these three Italian provinces that guarantee a better quality of life for their respective age groups. And to triumph, accordingly, in the 2024 edition of the Sole 24 Ore Generational Indices. The Quality of Life of Children, Young People and the Elderly, now in its fourth edition, was previewed yesterday at the Festival of Economics in Trento: the rankings measure the responses of territories to the specific needs of the three most fragile and at the same time strategic generational targets, the services aimed at them and their living and health conditions.
Confirms and debuts at the top
.The Children's Quality of Life index prizes Sondrio which, compared to the 2022 edition, is the protagonist of a significant leap upwards (the abrupt changes in positioning can be attributed to the inclusion of new indicators), thanks to high positions in the indicators that photograph inadequate numerical and alphabetical competence - which in Valtellina is low - and in the Sport and Children index. Ravenna and Trieste are also on the podium, followed by Gorizia. On the other hand, it is Gorizia followed by Ravenna, already winner in 2023 and this year double silver medal winner, and Forlì Cesena.
The top 10 of this index continues to be garrisoned by the provinces of Emilia-Romagna - those mentioned are joined by Ferrara and Piacenza - which, as in previous editions, confirm generally positive performances. Trento maintains firm leadership for quality of life of the elderly. Which sees a strong presence of the northern provinces at the top of the ranking, with the undisputed prevalence of three regions: Trentino Alto Adige, Lombardy and Veneto. Among the top ten ranked, in fact, there are three Lombardy provinces (Como, in second place, Cremona, in third place, and Lodi), four Veneto provinces (Treviso, Vicenza, Padua and Verona) in addition to the aforementioned Trento and Bolzano. Each of the synthetic indices is calculated on the basis of 12 statistical parameters, provided by certified sources (including ISTAT, Infocamere, Iqvia, SIAE, and the Ministry of the Interior) capable of narrating the level of well-being in the territories.
Among the new items included this year are users of municipal social services and civic participation of the over-50s, this one processed by the Tagliacarne Study Centre, in the index dedicated to the elderly; transformations into open-ended contracts of existing labour relations and entrepreneurship under 35 for the youth index; the number of projects financed with NRP funds in education and users of municipal childcare services for the children index. This work, born as an experimental project and in the process of consolidation, although still limited by the lack of territorial data capable of recounting these specificities, will be included in the end-of-year ranking, the 35th Quality of Life.
