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A place that meets the needs of the elderly

Poor/fair 28.7% 34.8% 30.2%

Good 46.3% 46.6% 54.7% 0.0037

Excellent 25.0% 18.6% 15.1%

Access to help to stay in the home

Poor/fair 38.5% 41.7% 32.4%

Good 39.1% 42.3% 52.7% 0.0323

Excellent 22.4% 16.0% 14.9%

A place that meets the needs of persons with disabilities

Poor/fair 38.4% 41.5% 30.1%

Good 41.8% 43.5% 57.4% 0.0073

Excellent 19.8% 15.0% 12.5%

Efforts to prevent abuse or neglect

Poor/fair 34.0% 39.9% 29.3%

Good 45.3% 46.0% 57.1% 0.0463

Excellent 20.7% 14.1% 13.6%

Availability of services that meet the needs of abused

Poor/fair 37.4% 38.3% 34.5%

Good 46.2% 46.8% 53.8% 0.1704

Excellent 16.4% 14.9% 11.7%

• Those with a high school diploma or less were more likely to rate as excellent their community as a place that
meets the needs of the elderly; 25% indicated this compared to 15-18% of recipients of higher education.

• Those with less education were also more likely to rate as excellent help to stay in the home; 22% indicated
this compared to 15-16% of recipients of higher education.

• Those with less education were more likely to rate as excellent their community as a place that meets the
needs of persons with disabilities; 20% rated this as excellent compared to 13-15% of recipients of higher
education

• Those with a high school diploma or less education were more likely to rate as excellent efforts to prevent
abuse or neglect. They were, however, also more likely to say this was fair or poor.

ECONOMIC ASPECTS High School Some College or Difference in
grad or less college/voc. adv. degree rating by
350 (44.9%) education
199 (25.6%) 230 (29.5%)
52.6% 0.0007
Availability of jobs with wages that offer a good standard of living 37.0%
10.4% <.0001
Poor/fair 66.3% 61.9%
17.5%
Good 28.8% 33.7% 43.7%
38.8%
Excellent 4.9% 4.4%

Ability to meet basic needs

Poor/fair 31.3% 33.9%

Good 56.8% 48.0%

Excellent 11.9% 18.1%

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