These two tables give information about the results of two surveys on assessing different aspects of life in a certain city. The surveys were conducted in 1980 and in 2010; the units of measurement are percentage.
Overall, the residents were surveyed on 6 life aspects. During the whole period, the share of people who found education and employment in the town satisfactory increased, while the percentage of individuals who rated healthcare, shops and transport as good declined. Finally, the environment in the city maintained nearly the same level of approval; however, the part of people thinking it was bad grew.
According to the polls, the most significant improvements over 30 years were made in the field of education; the proportion of residents approving of it went up by 10% and reached 82% in 2010, which made education the highest rated aspect of living in this city. The percentage of individuals considering the employment rates good also increased by 10% and became just under three quarters, however, the share of dissatisfied showed a bigger rise (13%).
There were some obvious worsening, too. The most striking feature was the transport system; in 1980, approximately a half of respondents found it good, nevertheless, in 2010 their proportion dropped to just 39%. This made the condition of transport the most serious issue in the city, according to the survey. Similarly, the healthcare rates saw a downward trend; the percentage of individuals assessing it as good declined from 82% to 72%, in contrast to the grown growing number of the dissatisfied ones. With respect to the environment, in 1980, only 6% rated it as bad, whereas by 2010, this number increased to 16%, while the share of positive answers was leveling out at about 70%.