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Opportunities in your job to gain knowledge or skills

Poor/fair 51.7% 41.0% 30.6%

Good 36.2% 36.4% 40.6% 0.0003

Excellent 12.1% 22.6% 28.8%

Community resources to learn new skills

Poor/fair 35.7% 34.7% 30.9%

Good 39.0% 42.3% 43.2% 0.0853

Excellent 25.3% 23.0% 25.9%

• Respondents with lower income rated their community as a place that meets the family’s educational needs
lower than those with higher education.

• Respondents with lower education also rated the quality of higher education poorer than those with higher
education.

• Finally, 52% of respondents with income less than $25,000 rated opportunities in your job to gain knowledge
or skills as fair or poor; 41% of individuals earning $25,000-75,000 indicated this, whereas 31% of
respondents indicated this.

ASPECTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE <$25,000 $25,000-$75,000 $75,000+ Difference in
109 (15.1%) 341 (47.3%) 271 (37.6%) rating by income

Leisure time opportunities 0.0039

Poor/fair 39.9% 30.7% 20.6% 0.9498

Good 40.7% 48.5% 52.6% 0.1368

Excellent 19.4% 20.8% 26.8% 0.0001

Opportunities for youth to explore interests and participate in positive activities 0.8218

Poor/fair 29.9% 34.2% 30.1%

Good 53.3% 49.6% 52.4%

Excellent 16.8% 16.2% 17.5%

Opportunities to enjoy fine arts and cultural experiences

Poor/fair 39.1% 36.1% 34.2%

Good 40.9% 43.1% 37.9%

Excellent 20.0% 20.8% 27.9%

Physical recreation for adults

Poor/fair 33.9% 22.0% 18.1%

Good 45.0% 51.0% 41.3%

Excellent 21.1% 27.0% 40.6%

Safe bike routes to school or work

Poor/fair 43.4% 45.0% 45.9%

Good 41.5% 40.6% 40.4%

Excellent 15.1% 14.4% 13.7%

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