Study rates quality of life in area lower than state
Higher rates of poverty, violence and child illiteracy are among the problems that have left L.A. County with a quality of life lower than California’s as a whole, according to a United Way report released Wednesday.
In its first quality of life index, United Way of Greater Los Angeles assigned the region a score of 7.32 on a scale of 10. It gave the state 8.08.
United Way research director Bill Pitkin said the findings were not “all doom and gloom” because of recent improvements in school overcrowding, crime and health insurance coverage for children.
United Way prepared the report as part of its push to bolster funding for health and human services programs.
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