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City of Louisville Citizen Su <br />August 2008 <br />When compared to 2004 results, most aspects of quality of life remained stable in 2008. A higher <br />proportion of respondents in 2008 than in 2004 rated Louisville as a place to retire as "excellent" or <br />"good" (79% in 2008 versus 69% in 2004). F:atings for the other aspects of quality of life were <br />similar in 2004. Louisville as a place to raise children and overall quality of life in the city has trended <br />upward since 1994. <br />Figure 1: Aspects of Duality of Life Compared by Year <br />How do you rate <br />Louisville as a place to <br />live? <br />How do you rate <br />Louisville as a place to <br />raise children? <br />How do you rate your <br />neighborhood as a <br />place to live? <br />How do you rate <br />Louisville as a place to <br />retire? <br />How do you rate <br />Louisville as a place to <br />work? <br />98 <br />X96% <br />'s 97% <br />_ _ 96% <br />83% <br />98 <br />92 <br />` 79 <br />2008 <br />aW 66% ®2004 <br />~•: 1994 <br />1990 <br />How do you rate the 97% <br />overall quality of I ife in ` ~ - _ ,~ 94% <br />Louisville? ~., ...:.: ....~. ~ . :..._.;_~: ~,:..: '~.., ...~~_~_:. ,. ...:;_ ...r. ....,... ...,:- 92% ° <br />97 /° <br />0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% <br />Percent "excellent" or "good"* <br />*Some question characteristics (i.e., question wording and scale) changed between survey years. To see the comparison <br />of question wording across all survey years, see Appendix E: Comparison of Question Characteristics by Year. These <br />questions were not asked in 1999. <br />Responses to aspects of quality of life were oompared by respondent characteristics. Older residents <br />(55+) were more likely to give favorable ratings to the city as a place to work than were their <br />younger counterparts. Female respondents gave more positive ratings to Louisville as a place to <br />retire than did male respondents. Residents u~ho were registered to vote were more likely to rate <br />Louisville as a place to raise children as "exce:llent" or "good" than were those not registered to <br />vote. See Appendix C.• Comparison of Re.rpon.res Ey Kespondent Demographics for more information about <br />crosstabulations of survey results. <br />of Results <br />U <br />C <br />a~ <br />c <br />U <br />s <br />G <br />O <br />.~ <br />z <br />0 <br />0 <br />N <br />O <br />9 <br />