The data provide information about citizens’ attitude toward several criterias of urban living in two years, 1980 and 2010. Overall, the proportion of good replies changed slightly during the time-frame, whereas the percentage of “neither good nor bad” assessment reduced for the majority of aspects, though negative responses instead doubled.
A closer examination of the table reveals that 72% and 71% of inhabitants were satisfied with the environment in both years discussed. Likewise, shopping options received positive responses from 64% and 60% in 1980 and 2010 respectively. However, more serious fluctuations were registered in the educational and transport system, since good evaluation accounted for 72% and 52% in 1980, while in 2010 the figure of education rose up to 82% and the transport share declined to 39%.
Looking at “Neither good nor bad” replies, a noticeable decrease is visible. Thus, attitudes toward education more than halved from 23% to 11%. Similarly, the state of employment received four times less responses of such a type (5% in 2010 instead of 22% in 1980 to be precise). Finally, negative evaluation dramatically grew between years. This is evident by the employment sphere where bad assessment in 2010 became twice as much as in 1980. Apart from that, education also appeared to be in worse condition by 2010 in comparison with 1980, as its proportion of bad assessments went from 5% to 9%.