| US survey: Best places to raise children | ||
| Detail: | A recent national survey by the Pew Research Center the vast majority of whites (84%) give excellent or good ratings to their community as a place to raise children. In contrast, about six-in-ten black respondents think the same. Hispanics are in between: About seven-in-ten Hispanics give positive ratings to their community as a place to raise children. Americans who have earned at least a college degree are more likely than those who are less educated to have positive ratings about their community’s child-rearing environment. While nearly seven-in-ten city dwellers rate their communities as excellent or good for raising children, those living in other communities offer even better marks on this question. Indeed, close to nine-in-ten rural (88%) and suburban (86%) residents give positive ratings to the child-rearing aspect of their communities. On the regional front, more than eight-in-ten adults living in the Midwest and the South think their local community is an excellent or good place to raise children, compared with 76% of residents who live in the West and 77% of those living in the East. | |
| Source: | http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/Community-Satisfaction.pdf | |
| Date: | January 31 | 2009 |