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Ability to pay for child care

Poor/fair 51.4% 49.0% 58.6% 44.2% 32.4%

Good 32.6% 46.9% 27.6% 51.2% 55.9% 0.0465

Excellent 16.0% 4.1% 13.8% 4.7% 11.8%

Mean Score 2.53 2.41 2.34 2.42 2.71 0.4140

A place that meets the needs of the elderly

Poor/fair 23.8% 35.7% 48.4% 40.8% 35.5%

Good 55.2% 45.5% 35.5% 40.7% 53.2% <0.0001

Excellent 21.0% 18.8% 16.1% 18.5% 11.3%

Mean Score 2.94 2.73 2.45 2.67 2.63 <0.0001

Access to help to stay in the home

Poor/fair 31.9% 36.0% 48.3% 42.5% 45.6%

Good 47.9% 45.4% 44.8% 43.9% 38.6% 0.0074

Excellent 20.2% 18.6% 6.9% 13.6% 15.8%

Mean Score 2.85 2.74 2.41 2.56 2.63 0.0014

A place that meets the needs of persons with disabilities

Poor/fair 27.1% 40.9% 58.0% 43.2% 44.2%

Good 54.6% 43.6% 33.9% 46.0% 44.3% 0.0002

Excellent 18.3% 15.5% 8.1% 10.8% 11.5%

Mean Score 2.89 2.69 2.37 2.58 2.61 <0.0001

Efforts to prevent abuse or neglect

Poor/fair 26.2% 38.3% 59.3% 43.6% 32.2%

Good 55.8% 47.7% 25.4% 43.7% 58.1% 0.0001

Excellent 18.0% 14.0% 15.3% 12.7% 9.7%

Mean Score 2.88 2.68 2.42 2.62 2.68 <0.0001

Availability of services that meet the needs of abused

Poor/fair 26.0% 45.6% 64.9% 48.5% 38.6%

Good 55.5% 46.5% 28.1% 42.9% 50.9% <0.0001

Excellent 18.5% 7.9% 7.0% 8.6% 10.5%

Mean Score 2.89 2.51 2.26 2.46 2.61 <0.0001

• Respondents from Trempealeau and Vernon Counties rated availability of quality child care significantly poorer 2 | APPENDIX
than respondents from the other counties. Two-thirds of residents from Trempealeau rate this as fair or poor.
Half of residents from Vernon County reported this. Of La Crosse and Monroe County respondents, 22-23%
reported this was excellent.

• Ability to pay for child care was rated higher by La Crosse and Houston County residents. More La Crosse
County residents rated it as excellent (16%); however, over half of residents also rated it as fair or poor. Over
58% of respondents from Trempealeau rated ability to pay for child care as fair or poor.

• La Crosse County respondents rated their community higher as a place that meets the needs of the elderly,
access to help to stay in the home, a place that meets the needs of persons with disabilities, efforts to prevent
abuse or neglect, and availability of services that meet the needs of abused, than respondents from other
counties.

• Over half of Trempealeau County respondents rated access to help to stay in the home, a place that meets the
needs of persons with disabilities, efforts to prevent abuse or neglect, and availability of services that meet the
needs of abused as fair or poor.

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