CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2012
Review the processReview the findings
Analyze - Hypotheses
Review the process – 1
• Evaluate the CSLI process– Review – what exactly did CSLI do?
• Generated questionnaire• Oriented students in intro meeting
– Reviewed questionnaire with students– Reviewed nature of surveys/sampling
• Trained students in telephone/marking instructions• Conducted telephone interviews
– Target at least 400 completions– Accomplished – 420 completions
• Post on CSLI Web site – still waiting approval• Expect coverage in major media – pending
Review the process - 2
• Questionnaire issues - questions- Did some questions give you more problems than others?
• Clarity• Public constantly asked for restatement• Vagueness of what is being asked
– Did the respondents seem to think that the questions were generally interesting?
– Did the respondents think that the survey was too long or short?
– Other suggestions?
Review the process - 3
• Public receptivity• Were you surprised by how easy/hard it was to obtain
a completion?• Problems with phone numbers?• Idle chatter from respondents? • Bias among interviewers?• Partial completions?• Other suggestions
County: Right or Wrong Direction? Spring ‘99 to Spring ‘13
Sp '99
Fa '99
Sp '00
Fa '00
Sp '01
Fa '01
Sp '02
Fa '02
Sp '03
Fa '03
Sp '04
Fa '04
Sp '05
Fa '05
Sp '06
Fa '06
Sp '07
Fa '07
Sp '08
Fa '08
Sp '09
Fa '09
Sp '10
Fa '10
Sp '11
Fa '11
Sp '12
Fa '12
Sp '13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
5754
5855
62
66
60 61 62
51
58 58
53
5755
51 52 51 5052
47
52 5249 50
47
43
50 49
23
2725 24 23
15
26
21
25
3431
24
2927 26
2927
33 32 3128 27 28 28 28
32
41
3633
20 1917
20
15
19
14
18
1315
12
19 1816
1820 21
16 17 17
25
21 2023 22 22
1614
18
Right Wrong Unsure
Right/Wrong Direction – Individual by County, State, Nation
Right Wrong Unsure/Don’t know
County 49 33 18
State 35 55 10
Nation 24 64 13
Respondent 74 14 12
Levels Dem.% “right” Rep. Dem-Rep.
Unaffiliated
County 58 38 20 50State 54 12 32 37Nation 38 8 30 27Respondent 74 72 2 72
Fall '06 Spring '07 Fall '07 Spring '08 Fall '08 Spring '09 Fall '09 Spring '10 Fall '10 Spring '11 Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '130
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
7
12
8
23
38
48
3336 36 35
48
3027
23
9
1517 16
1210
12 1113
119
17 1719
21
16 16
12
9
5 5 5
24 4 4
32
Economy High taxes GrowthEducation Transportation Crime
Economy
Taxes
Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Spring 2013
Economy continues drop as problem in March 2013
Economic Conditions: County vs. Maryland and USA
F '06 S '97 F '07 S '08 F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
5
11 11 11 119
1316
12
2730 31 32
3533
38
3330
71 7169
55
4946
4844 45
49 4851
48 49
County
Maryland
USA
Cost of living indicators
S '08 F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
21
11 12 1315
10
1411
15
912
26
35 34
40
32
21
17
2124
41
30
36
3027
61
5053
4244 43
46
39 39
32 31
58 59 59
6360
63
58
63 63 62
5659
55 55 56 56
63
59
66
59 59
Unable to find affordable housing Received an income increaseHard to afford the cost of transportation Hard to afford the cost of utilities such as electricity or gasTaxes are too high in relation to government services provided Wages or salaries are not rising as fast as the cost of living
Other economic indicators
S '08 F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
64
68 7 7
9 8 8
47
14 1611
1411
15
24 24
1921 20 21
1714
19
35
30 29
33 3234 35
32 32
27
32
71
75
70
56
60
52
60
44
38
32
51
46 4744
47
51
45
38
42
Facing the possibility of house foreclosure or loss Found a new or better job recently
Facing the possibility of unemployment Health care insurance is unavailable, too expensive or inadequate
Significant losses in your stock or retirement accounts Delay in making a major purchase such as a home or car
Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months Spring 2013 Better Same Worse Unsure/
NATotal
Economic growth 31 39 24 6 100Unemployment 24 32 37 7 100Inflation 9 32 52 8 101Your personal financial situation 23 58 16 4 101
Growth Unemployment Inflation Personal Sit.
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
-3-9
-43
-2
22
9
-46
6
2622
-38
14
7
-13
-43
7
Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
Retirement Planning/Age
Age Group % Very important
Age
18-30 46 5931-40 41
41-50 75
51-60 71
61-65 67
66 and over 50 41Overall 62
County Executive: Top Priority
PercentCiting
Examples
Non-policy Institutional improvements 20 “Change the way the county has been run,” “Clean house,” “Build citizen confidence in
government,” “Pay more attention to details,” “Avoid scandal troubles,” “Deal with corruption,” “Ethics/ethical governance,” “Honesty and awareness of what is going on”
Personal improvements 2 “Improving her experience,” “Get more familiar with the county,” “Increase visibility to the
public”Efficiency Improvements 2 “Streamline government,” “Analyze the efficiency of county government”Policy Economy 15 “Jobs,” “Help small businesses,” “Jobs for young people and college students,” “Promoting
businesses” Education 12 “Maintain school funding,” “Build more/better schools,” “Make schools secure,” “Help education”
Budget 10 “Fiscal management,” “Get rid of excess spending,” “Control government expenditures,” “Stop inefficient spending”
Taxes 10 “Get a handle on taxes,” “Lower taxes,” “Change the tax cap to raise taxes,” “Lower property taxes”
Transportation 5 “Fix county roads,” “Deal with traffic congestion”Environment 3 “Clean up the Bay,” “Take care of natural resources,” “Deal with run-off”Service improvements 3 “Improve police and emergency services staffing,” “Increase teacher pay,” “Upgrade county
technology,” “Improve services for the disabled”Growth 2 “Stop excess development,” “Overpopulation”Crime 2 “Lower crime,” “Better police protection,” “Improve public safety”Other policy improvements 7 “Gun control,” “Healthcare,” “Gas prices,” “More frequent trash pickup,” “Improve housing”
General comments 2 “Think of the general welfare of the county,” “Move the county in a positive direction”
Unsure 4 Total 99
Method of Emergency Communications: Favor, Works Best
Landline call; 82
Cell phone call; 49
Text message; 51
Email; 61
Facebook; 19
Twitter; 14
County Web site; 52
Landline call
Cell phone
call
Text message
Email Facebook Twitter County Web site
Other/none
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
39
16
21
15
1 1
5 4
State and Local Issues Support Oppose Unsure No answerRepealing the death penalty and replacing it with life without the possibility of parole
39 52 7 2Having those seeking to purchase a handgun pay a $100 fee at the time of purchase
45 49 4 2Having handgun purchasers be fingerprinted at the time of purchase
78 19 3 0Having handgun purchasers be required to complete a safety course prior to purchase
82 16 2 0Expanding wind energy financed by a monthly $1.50 fee on residential BGE customers
43 53 4 0
Paying an annual fee of $85 to help pay for storm water management and Bay clean-up
36 61 2 1Providing curbside composting pickup 66 27 5 2Allowing county charter schools tap into the same construction funding for building facilities currently used by regular public schools
39 51 9 1
Allowing counties to increase the sales tax on gasoline sales to improve roads.
21 77 3 0
State and Local Issues: By Party Overall Dems Reps UnaffiliatedRepealing the death penalty and replacing it with life without the possibility of parole
39 50 28 36Having those seeking to purchase a handgun pay a $100 fee at the time of purchase
45 57 33 44Having handgun purchasers be fingerprinted at the time of purchase
78 88 63 85Having handgun purchasers be required to complete a safety course prior to purchase
82 91 71 85Expanding wind energy financed by a monthly $1.50 fee on residential BGE customers
43 54 31 39
Paying an annual fee of $85 to help pay for storm water management and Bay clean-up
36 44 26 40Providing curbside composting pickup 66 71 61 64Allowing county charter schools tap into the same construction funding for building facilities currently used by regular public schools
39 33 46 35
Allowing counties to increase the sales tax on gasoline sales to improve roads.
21 27 13 24
Presidential job approvalFall 2007 to Spring 2013
Fall '07 Spring '08 Fall '08 Spring '09 Fall '09 Spring '10 Fall '10 Spring '11 Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
35
2824
53
47 4742
47
3742 44 44
32 3025
61
54
4743
47
4045
50 49
CSLI Gallup
Presidential Job Approval by Party RegistrationFall 2009 to Spring 2013
F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
47 4742
47
3742 44 44
72 70
61
7067
7376 75
17
24 24
18
712 11 9
54 53
33
57
47
34 34
46
Overall Democrats Republicans Unaffiliated
Obama’s Top PriorityPriority PercentageSpending 6Budget 16Taxes 4Debt/deficit 6
Total 32Economy 24Jobs 15
Total 39Bipartisanship/work with Congress 7End foreign wars 4Domestic policies – other 7Foreign policies - other 3Misc. 8Total 100
Trust in Political Parties
Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring2009 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013
0
5
10
15
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25
30
35
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45
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37
33 34
37 37
34
31
37 37 37
3028
31
37
34
38
3230
34
38
32
20
27
31
21 21
17
29
32
21
17
26
87
68
79
4
7 79
4
Democrats Republicans Neither No opinion/other
Exercise: Develop Hypotheses1. Identify a dependent variable – attitude, preference
2. Identify an independent variable – a social/demographic characteristic
3. Specify a likely relationship between the two based on a “theory” or hunch
you have about people and attitudes