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ASPECTS OF EDUCATION Solicited Sample Voluntary Sample Difference between
surveys
A place that meets your family’s educational needs (q6a)
0.0433
Fair/poor 13.6% 15.8% 0.3291
40.7%
Good 51.5% 43.4% 0.5329
3.26 0.8506
Excellent 35.0%
19.1% 0.4149
Mean Score 3.20 53.9% 0.1401
27.0%
Birth-to-three education (q6b) 3.04 0.3574
0.2557
Fair/poor 21.2% 14.6%
51.9% 0.4421
Good 48.8% 33.5% 0.6759
3.16
Excellent 30.0% 0.1480
11.6% 0.1126
Mean Score 3.06 48.2%
10.2% 0.9237
Early education opportunities (q6c) 3.25 0.9889

Fair/poor 12.1% 12.7%
34.3%
Good 49.0% 53.0%
3.39
Excellent 38.9%
28.5%
Mean Score 3.25 46.0%
25.5%
Quality of schools - 4K-12 (q6d) 2.89

Fair/poor 15.6% 33.5%
44.2%
Good 48.1% 22.3%
2.80
Excellent 36.3%

Mean Score 3.18

Quality of higher education (q6e)

Fair/poor 10.8%

Good 39.2%

Excellent 50.0%

Mean Score 3.36

Opportunities in your job to gain knowledge or skills (q6f)

Fair/poor 36.3%

Good 40.5%

Excellent 23.2%

Mean Score 2.76

Community resources to learn new skills (q6g)

Fair/poor 33.9%

Good 42.7%

Excellent 23.4% 4 | APPENDIX

Mean Score 2.80

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