The given table illustrates the results of two surveys conducted in 1980 and 2010 on different aspects of city life in a particular city. The figures are given in percentages.
On the whole, it is clear that education and employment saw notable improvements in positive ratings over the 30-year period. In contrast, public satisfaction with healthcare, environment, shops, and transport declined. Moreover, the healthcare and education remained the highest figures in both years.
Initially, in 1980, the share of responses citing education and the environment was equal, at 72%. However, in 2010, the share of education responses experienced a significant increase of 10% and was the highest figure in the table, while the share of environment responses remained virtually unchanged; meanwhile, the shares of neither good nor bad responses changed, standing at 13% and 16% respectively. At the same time, the figure for employment rose from 62% to 72%, and the shares of the neither good and bad responses also changed significantly as the neither good category dropped from 22% to 5% and bad category witnessed a dramatic rise from 10% to 23%.
Turning to the healthcare, it was the highest figure in the table in 1980 which decreased considerably from 82% to 74%. Finally, transport and shops, which represented the lowest figure in the table, but shops were higher than transport in both years. In 1980 shops showed 64% and then plunged dramatically to 60%, at the same time, the percentage of bad responses increased. Whereas, transport underwent a substantial decline from 52% to 39% where the good and bad categories were almost equal, standing at 39% and 38%.