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Availability of resources to help budget

Poor/fair 50.5% 36.8% 28.4%
50.7%
Good 40.0% 55.3% 20.9% <0.0001
<0.0001
Excellent 9.5% 7.9% 37.6% <0.0001
38.1% 0.1546
Ability to pay for education 24.3% <.0001
0.0002
Poor/fair 78.0% 65.8% 28.6% 0.0027
57.9%
Good 19.1% 27.9% 13.5%

Excellent 2.9% 6.3% 52.4%
36.9%
Availability of services for people needing extra help 10.7%

Poor/fair 50.0% 43.3% 11.4%
47.7%
Good 39.4% 45.9% 40.9%

Excellent 10.6% 10.8% 53.7%
39.0%
Accessibility of convenient public transportation 7.3%

Poor/fair 50.5% 50.0% 30.1%
49.0%
Good 31.6% 40.3% 20.9%

Excellent 17.9% 9.7%

Ability to pay for own vehicle

Poor/fair 53.1% 28.2%

Good 34.4% 50.6%

Excellent 12.5% 21.2%

Efforts to reduce poverty

Poor/fair 66.7% 59.0%

Good 26.0% 36.6%

Excellent 7.3% 4.4%

Efforts to reduce hunger

Poor/fair 42.8% 34.6%

Good 42.9% 53.6%

Excellent 14.3% 11.8%

• Economic aspects varied significantly by household income. 2 | APPENDIX
• Those earning <$25,000 were more likely to rate fair or poor:

• Availability of jobs that offer a good standard of living (77%)
• Ability to meet the basic needs (51%)
• Ability to pay for housing (50%)
• Ability of resources to help budget (51%)
• Ability to pay for education (78%)
• Availability of services for people needing extra help (50%)
• Ability to pay for own vehicle (53%)
• Efforts to reduce poverty (67%)
• Efforts to reduce hunger (43%)

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