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Availability of resources to help budget

Poor/fair 38.8% 41.5% 20.8%

Good 50.6% 45.1% 62.4% 0.0015

Excellent 10.6% 13.4% 16.8%

Ability to pay for education

Poor/fair 56.6% 58.2% 47.6%

Good 32.9% 26.0% 36.9% 0.1200

Excellent 10.5% 15.8% 15.5%

Availability of services for people needing extra help

Poor/fair 40.1% 42.3% 29.3%

Good 50.2% 47.0% 54.5% 0.0853

Excellent 9.7% 10.7% 16.2%

Accessibility of convenient public transportation

Poor/fair 51.8% 58.7% 40.9%

Good 38.9% 33.7% 41.4% 0.0055

Excellent 9.3% 7.6% 17.7%

Ability to pay for own vehicle

Poor/fair 26.3% 30.1% 13.2%

Good 49.4% 43.4% 52.5% 0.0023

Excellent 24.3% 26.5% 34.3%

Efforts to reduce poverty

Poor/fair 59.5% 67.2% 43.1%

Good 34.0% 29.6% 50.8% 0.0002

Excellent 6.5% 3.2% 6.1%

Efforts to reduce hunger

Poor/fair 34.8% 38.7% 28.7%

Good 49.3% 48.2% 56.9% 0.3563

Excellent 15.9% 13.1% 14.4%

• Younger respondents rated several economic aspects poorer than older respondents. 2 | APPENDIX
• Younger adults rated the ability to meet basic needs lower than older adults.
• Younger adults were more likely to indicate ability to pay for housing was fair or poor compared to older
adults.
• Younger adults were more likely to rate as fair or poor the availability of resources to help budget.
• Younger adults were more likely to rate the accessibility of convenient public transportation as fair or poor
(52% to 59%) compared to adults over age 65 (41%).
• Younger adults rated lower their ability to pay for their own vehicle than older adults.
• Younger adults rated lower efforts to reduce poverty, compared to older adults; 67% of adults age 51 to 64
indicated this was fair or poor compared to 60% of adults age 21 to 50, and 43% of adults over age 65.

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