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| | the Forum | Devolution, Welfare Reform, and Wellbeing Study: New York Social Indicators Survey |
 | | In comparison to 1997, more families had some financial assets and at least moderate affluence, more considered their neighborhoods to be good and safe, fewer were crime victims, and more were satisfied with life in the city and with city services in 1999. |
 | | The same proportion of families were poor and had zero or negative assets in both years. |
 | | Families who were poor, who were headed by an immigrant adult, or who had children, continued to lag their more advantaged counterparts in financial and economic resources, living conditions, and satisfaction with life in the city. |
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