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How Would You Rate the Quality of Life in Andover?

In 2012 over 550 Andover residents rated the town on several different characteristics related to quality of life. Here is how they answered.

 

How would you rate the quality of life in Andover? Researchers at the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion recently surveyed 555 Andover residents and asked them to rate the quality of life in Andover, among many other questions. The Center for Public Opinion just released the 2012 Andover Town Survey and here is how residents rated the quality of life in Andover:

Please rate the quality of life in Andover in each
of the following categories:
 Excellent Good
Fair
Poor
Not Sure
Andover as a place to live… 57% 42% 1% 0% 0%
Andover as a place to raise children... 51% 36% 4% 0% 9%
Andover as a place to work... 18% 34% 13% 2% 34%
Andover as a place to shop and dine... 10% 42% 34% 9% 4%
Andover as a place to engage in recreational activities... 17% 47% 23% 5% 9%
Andover as a place to retire... 15% 19% 21% 17% 29%
Overall quality of life in Andover... 29% 62% 8% 0% 1%

Does this seem accurate? Let us know in the comments.

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