Sunday, March 26, 2006

How things are going in Illinois

Some graphs from the Illinois Policy Survey for 2006 published by The Regional Development Institute at Northern Illinois University. They write,

After steady improvements in 2002, 2003, and 2004, this year’s survey results show a negative change in satisfaction with the way things are going in Illinois. About 32% of this year’s respondents reported being satisfied at some level with the way things are going, while 40% reported dissatisfaction at some level. Dissatisfaction among respondents is the highest in at least fifteen years, and satisfaction is at one of its lowest levels since the early 90’s.
So what caused the shift between 04 and 05?

Download and check Figure 11. Respondents not kind to a pharmacist's right to refuse.

7 comments:

Anonymous,  10:01 AM  

Go spend time with you family Bill.

Anonymous,  11:38 AM  

I don't trust this after reading the whole report.... Somehow, 81% of people have access to a computer at work or home. But 92% of people have access to the internet at work or home....

Bill Baar 12:45 PM  

anon: 10:01

They're busy playing the sims.

Bill Baar 12:47 PM  

I wondered about that too Lovie... but the homeless shelter I volunteer at has internet. I've seen the homeless bring their laptops with them.

Yellow Dog Democrat 11:06 PM  

Dear Lovie & Bill -

Read the notes. 92% of people with computers had internet access.

Great report Bill. Thanks for sharing.

Bill Baar 6:29 AM  

ahh...YDD.... thanks! eyes are getting old.

Bill Baar 12:05 PM  

Extreme Wisdom picked up on the tax graphs in the report.

That's an interesting question too.

I think the introduction to Hawking's Brief History of Time lists the percent of lost book sales for ever formulae Hawkings included the Book. His publisher gave him the rates when he was writing it and suggested he keep them in mind.

I'm not blogging for the masses here...

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