The study explored the differential levels of satisfaction between adults and adolescents with such dimensions of community life as services, recreation, social environment, family situations, housing, and medical care. Information was also acquired on work status, material possessions, and participation in organizations. Comparisons were made between adults and adolescents in general, parents and their offspring, and the general school population with a student matched sample. During the summer of 1976, interviews were conducted with 216 household heads or their spouses and 192 junior high school and high school students from 2 rural non-farm communities in Southern Louisiana, characterized by their tri-racial composition (Indian, white, Black). Those interviewed were paid $2.00 as compensation for their time and information; interviewers were selected from the communities. Data analysis was concerned with the main effects of age and race on community and family evaluations. T-tests were used to explore the differences in mean scores of the dependent variables. Findings included: adolescent evaluative responses to their community situation were much more positive than adult responses; white respondents were much more optimistic about their past and present family situations and their houses than non-white respondents; and 89% of the adolescents indicated that they had no intentions of moving from their immediate locale. (NQ)