May 8, 2016: New York Times/Kaiser Family Foundation Poll on Issues in the City of Chicago
Question: Now I’m going to ask you about some aspects of life in your neighborhood. For each, please rate it as excellent, good, fair, or poor. The availability of places to buy groceries, including fresh produce, thinking about your neighborhood, is this excellent, good, fair or poor?
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Excellent | 31% | 44% | 19% | 27% |
| Good | 34% | 35% | 25% | 44% |
| Fair | 20% | 13% | 28% | 20% |
| Poor | 15% | 8% | 28% | 9% |
Question: Now I’m going to ask you about some aspects of life in your neighborhood. For each, please rate it as excellent, good, fair, or poor. As a place to raise children, thinking about your neighborhood, is this excellent, good, fair or poor?
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Excellent | 13% | 19% | 9% | 12% |
| Good | 32% | 41% | 19% | 33% |
| Fair | 28% | 21% | 26% | 38% |
| Poor | 24% | 16% | 44% | 16% |
Question: I’m going to read a list of things that you may or may not have experienced in the past 12 months, that is, since April/ May, 2015. Please let me know if any of these things happened to you, or not. Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed, or not?
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Yes | 24% | 11% | 35% | 31% |
| no | 76% | 89% | 65% | 68% |
Question: Now I’m going to ask you about some aspects of life in your neighborhood. For each, please rate it as excellent, good, fair, or poor. Access to quality public transit, thinking about your neighborhood, is this excellent, good, fair or poor?
| Total | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Excellent | 36% | 47% | 33% | 29% |
| Good | 37% | 34% | 36% | 37% |
| Fair | 20% | 15% | 21% | 25% |
| Poor | 6% | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Don’t know | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Via Polling the Nations
Universe: Local: Chicago, IL
Method: telephone: landline and cell phone
Sample Size: 1123