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ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY High School Some College or Difference in
grad or less college/voc. adv. degree rating by
education
199 (25.6%) 230 (29.5%) 350 (44.9%)

Mean (rank) Mean (rank) Mean (rank)

Hunger 2.74 (12) 2.59 (11) 2.59 (10) 0.1413

Obesity 2.78 (9) 2.68 (8) 2.93 (3) 0.0068

Tobacco Use 2.85 (8) 2.51 (14) 2.58 (11) 0.001

Alcohol Use 3.02 (5) 2.79 (4) 2.97 (2) 0.0337

Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse 3.04 (4) 2.66 (10) 2.74 (8) 0.0002

Prescription Drug Misuse 3.05 (3) 2.74 (6) 2.83 (4) 0.0044

Illegal drug use 3.32 (1) 3.24 (1) 3.25 (1) 0.664

Gambling 2.30 (15) 2.03 (17) 2.00 (15) 0.0012

Risk of Losing Your Job 2.05 (16) 2.07 (16) 1.83 (17) 0.0072

Risk of Foreclosure and 1.88 (18) 1.89 (18) 1.61 (18) 0.0002
Bankruptcy

Excessive Personal Debt 2.03 (17) 2.14 (15) 1.86 (16) 0.0047

Financial Problems Experienced 2.68 (14) 2.57 (12) 2.47 (13) 0.0551
by Local Governments

Funding for Schools 2.75 (11) 2.69 (7) 2.79 (6) 0.463

Identity Theft 3.10 (2) 3.00 (2) 2.74 (7) <.0001

Sexual Abuse and Sexual 2.78 (9) 2.67 (9) 2.55 (12) 0.0272
Violence

Bullying 3.01 (6) 2.91 (3) 2.82 (5) 0.0825

Domestic Abuse, Child Abuse, 3.01 (6) 2.78 (5) 2.74 (8) 0.0055
Elder Abuse

Suicide 2.73 (13) 2.54 (13) 2.45 (14) .0053

• Those with a college or advanced degree rated the following as a bigger problem in the community than those
with less education: obesity.

• Those with a high school diploma or less rate the following as a bigger problem in the community than those
with more education: tobacco use, alcohol use, over-the-counter and prescription drug misuse, gambling,
risk of losing your job, risk of foreclosure, identity theft, sexual abuse and violence, domestic, child and elder
abuse, and suicide.

• Those with some college or vocational training were more like than those with higher education to rate as a
significant issue: risk of losing your job, risk of foreclosure, and excessive personal debt.

• Those with a high school diploma or less rate illegal drug use, identity theft, and prescription drug misuse as
the top three issues.

• Those with some college or vocational training rated as the top three issues in the community: illegal drug use,
identity theft, and bullying.

• Those with a college or advanced degree ranked as the top three issues: illegal drug use, alcohol use, and
obesity.

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