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1976
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- Preferences for Expansion of Public Services in Eight Northwest Wisconsin Counties. Report No. 2 of a Series on Quality of Life and Development in Northwestern Wisconsin, January 1976. Lambert, Virginia Adolescents Adult Education Community Development Community Support Comparative Analysis Drug Education Environmental Influences Medical Services Older Adults Police Program Improvement Public Housing Public Libraries Quality of Life Rural Areas Schools Social Services Surveys Tourism Transportation Vocational Education Welfare As part of a study of the quality of life in northwestern Wisconsin, 1974 sample populations (N=150 residents per county) from each of 5 Wisconsin counties (Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Taylor, and Washburn) were presented with a list of public service programs and asked if they should be "expanded", "kept the same", or "cut back". Percentages on comparable items from a 1973 study of Ashland, Burnett, and Rusk counties in northwestern Wisconsin were used for comparative analysis. The list of services included programs for: teenagers; drug prevention and treatment; public housing (including the elderly); the aged; medical services and doctors; mental health; social services (welfare and food stamps); state and Federal highways; local streets and roads; public transportation; schools; vocational training; other adult education; university extension; library and bookmobile services; art and music; police; water pollution control; areas for wildlife protection; public parks/forests; public promotion of tourism. In general, results indicated: a consensus regarding priority expansion of programs for teenagers, drug prevention/treatment, the aged, public housing, health and medical care, and public transportation; support for spending was higher in the Lake Superior counties and had increased since 1973; support for increased spending increased with education, income, and youth; rural residents were more likely to want programs to remain the same. (JC)