IELTS WRITING TASK 1 - The table below show results of a survey of urban residents' opinion related to various aspects of life in 1980 and 2010

The tables compare the changes in the findings of a study of citizens’ assessments on six aspects of life in two separate years 1980 and 2010.

Overall, it can be clearly seen from the provided information that education and environment were worse in 1980 than in 2010. By contrast, shops and healthcare tended to increase significantly over the period.

In 1980, there were 82 people who thought that education was good, compared to only 76 residents considered like that after 30 years. The number of citizens, who judged education bad, went up between 6 people in 1980 and 11 people in 2010. The figures for environment declined significantly, falling from 72 inhabitants who believe it good in 1980 to just 64 people in 2010. More residents’ thought of the environment were worse, by 12 people in 2010. There was a considerable growth in the wide range of inhabitants who thought accommodation was good with 56 people in 1980, increasing to 65 people in 2010. However, more people also judged it was not good by 2010.

Shops, healthcare, and transport system all experienced a significant rise over the period. Interestingly, healthcare showed the biggest figure by 2010, with 83 citizens who thought it good. While shops and transport system saw a slight upturn at the same year, by 6 people and 13 people respectively. Generally, less people believed that these three were bad during the period.