The survey covers a broad range of quality of life topics and asks individuals about their home neighborhoods, disaster preparedness, food security, housing, family and community supports and resources, education, workplaces, physical and mental health, adverse childhood experiences, and access to services. Topics will be viewable across a range of sociodemographic factors, including: race and ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, education, language, veteran status, and more. 

• All adults living in Hawaiʻi are eligible to take the Community Survey. You do not need to be an official resident. 

• Hawaiʻi state government employees are eligible to take the State Worker survey. 

In this survey, you will be asked a series of multiple-choice and open-ended questions about the topics listed above. All questions are optional, and you may skip any sections that make you uncomfortable.

Completing this survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes.

Findings from this survey will assist in the creation of reports and dashboards that can identify strengths and challenges in critical topics affecting quality of life statewide. Policymakers, state agencies, providers, community organizations, advocacy groups, foundations, researchers, and many others will be able to access aggregate data tools to guide their decision-making for local policies, programs, and reforms. 

In addition, the Office of Wellness and Resilience will examine patterns and findings from aggregated state employee responses to improve worker well-being by building support for trauma-informed care training and technical assistance.

Your privacy is a top priority for us. We take great care in ensuring that we do not collect identifiable information from you. All of your responses will be held securely and anonymously by the university research team and all of our team members are required to be trained in policies and procedures to protect your confidentiality. We also plan to suppress small cell sizes in public-facing reports and dashboards. Both of these surveys have been approved by the Institutional Review Board. 

If you become stressed or uncomfortable answering any of the questions in the survey, you can skip the question or take a break. You can also stop taking the survey or you can withdraw from the project altogether. If you need further support, we have gathered a list of community wellness resources and listed them in the survey and on our website.

The Hawaiʻi Quality of Life and Workplace Wellness Survey is conducted by the Health Policy Initiative in the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. 

This project is part of a collaboration with the Office of Wellness and Resilience, in the Office of the Governor, under the direction of Executive Director Tia L.R. Hartsock. 

Jack Barile, Ph.D. serves as the Principal Investigator and is the Director of the Social Science Research Institute. As a Professor in Community Psychology, he has decades of experience examining ecological determinants of health. 

Trina Orimoto, Ph.D. is the Project Director and is a licensed clinical psychologist, with expertise in community mental health and dissemination and implementation science.

We are also fortunate to partner with a team of talented, ethical, staff and graduate students, who care deeply about community.

Individuals who are visually impaired have the option of completing the survey over the phone. Please call our office (808-956-6806) and a lab staff member will obtain verbal consent from you, read the survey aloud, and record your answers in the online form in real-time. 

Unfortunately, we have not translated the current version of the survey into additional languages. However, we hope to do this in the near future.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or comments by filling out this form. You may also email Jack Barile, PhD (barile@hawaii.edu) or Trina Orimoto, PhD (trinao@hawaii.edu) or call our office at (808) 956-6806.