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CSLI Advisory Board Feb. 13, 2014. Agenda Call to order Survey Committee report Review of ongoing activities Review/discuss Fall 2013 survey Review/discuss proposed Spring 2014 Survey Any other new/old business Adjournment Center for the Study of Local Issues - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CSLI Advisory BoardFeb. 13, 2014
Agenda Call to order Survey Committee report Review of ongoing activities Review/discuss Fall 2013 survey Review/discuss proposed Spring 2014 Survey Any other new/old business Adjournment
Center for the Study of Local IssuesAnne Arundel Community College
101 College ParkwayArnold, MD 21012-1895http:www2.aacc.edu/csli
CSLI Active Client Projects: OngoingCoordinating Center
• Client: Non-profit; helps coordinate health care services for severely ill patients▫ Type of survey: Client satisfaction ▫ Methodology: Coordinating Center sends out
questionnaire; CSLI receives returned completed surveys. Students call subset of client list to verify receipt and return of surveys; second wave mailed to those needing another copy.
▫ N= Up to 2500 – typical completions: 750-800▫ Current status: Renewed for 2014 - ongoing▫ Income generated: $2860 ▫ Students employed: 2-3
CSLI Active Client ProjectsSarbanes Center – Partners-in-care, Inc. Survey
• Client: Partners-in-Care as Sarbanes Center’s “Partner of the Year” Project▫ Type of survey: Online – focus on “future of aging”▫ Methodology: Survey Monkey online survey – sample drawn
from CSLI Web panel and/or Partners-in-Care internal member database.
▫ N= 321▫ Current status: Completed▫ Income generated: 0▫ Students employed: (some students were involved with
brainstorming topics and questions prior to the formulation of the questionnaire)
CSLI Active Client ProjectsQueen Anne’s County – Survey of Residents with Failing Septic Systems
• Client: Queen Anne’s County▫ Type of survey: Mailed (primarily)▫ Methodology: Cover letter sent by county, CSLI sends mailed
questionnaire, creates online option, sends tickler▫ N= 390 respondents (1523 surveys mailed)▫ Current status: Survey completed, presentation to county
commissioners Feb. 25▫ Income generated: $5750▫ Students employed: Monitoring of progress
CSLI Active Client ProjectsRatcliffe Scholarship – Survey of Recipients
• Client: Ratcliffe Scholarship Program▫ Type of survey: Online▫ Methodology: Two online surveys – new recipients, past
recipients▫ N= 50+ possible respondents▫ Current status: New recipient survey in-progress; past
recipient survey in late spring▫ Income generated: $2500▫ Students employed: Monitoring of progress
CSLI Recent Student-related Activities 1. CSLI student interns
Fall 2013: 1 Hours: vary depending on projects and
needs of the moment but goal is to average five hours per week per intern
Duties: range from data entry, survey design, student supervision, and telephone interviewing. Usually active in club activities.
2. CSLI student club ◦ Inception: 2006 – designated an official student
club. ◦ Organizational structure: Officers include
president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, elected at beginning of fall semester. CSLI interns usually chosen as club president/vice president
◦ Budget: Varies yearly–2012-13: $800 from student association.
◦ 2013-14 Activities: Various field trips◦ Annapolis◦ Baltimore Council of Foreign Affairs◦ Events with major candidates – 2/7 (Doug Gansler)
CSLI Recent Student-related Activities
CSLI Recent Activities-Public Outreach . CSLI Web site: Posted all new presentations and updates to searchable
database (see http://www2.aacc.edu/csli). Candidate forums: Co-sponsoring a county executive pre-primary
candidate forum with Greater Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce (and others) on May 15 at Pascal Center. Investigating role with Republican Central Committee for a Republican only pre-primary candidate forum.
Public presentations: Almost 7:30 Democratic Club (11-1-13); Sunrise Seniors (4-18-14
Newspaper citations: Various articles in Capital, Baltimore Sun and Washington Post about Leopold conviction appeal, Newman election bid, mayoral race in Annapolis, campaign donations, Grasso as council chairman
Capital Newspaper: Spring 2014 pilot new relationship with Capital-Gazette newspaper – integrated into survey design phase with the expectation of running stories mentioning survey results.
CSLI Semi-Web PanelSemi-annual Survey and Web Panel
Web panel: We have accumulated a total of around 1450 possibly valid email addresses.
◦ About 40+ percent of respondents accept request to give email addresses.◦ Response rate typically between 10-20%.
◦ Used with Partners-in-Care project.
◦ Survey committee discussed possible use to test new areas of inquiry or question wording.
Semi-annual Survey –
Overview of Fall 2014 Results
Right/Wrong Direction: Spring 1999 to Spring 2013
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
Fa '13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
5754
5855
6266
606162
51
585853
57555152515052
475252
495047
43
504950
2327
25 24 23
15
26
2125
3431
24
2927 26
2927
33 32 3128 27 28 28 28
32
41
3633
35
20 1917
20
1519
1418
1315
12
19 1816
1820 21
16 17 17
2521 20
23 22 22
1614
1816
Right Wrong Unsure
Right/Wrong Direction –County, State, Nation
Fall '12 Spring '13 Fall '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
36
24
10
36 35 35
50 49 50
Nation State County
Right/Wrong Direction –County, State, Nation by Party Registration
County State Nation0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
5854
38
55
47
15
38
128
43
20
3
50
37
27
52
34
9
Dem. Sp ‘13 Dem. Fa ‘13 Rep. Sp ‘13Rep. Fa ‘13 Unaffiliated Sp ‘13 Unaffiliated Fa ‘13
Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Spring 2013
Economy continues drop as problem in October 2013
Fall '07 Spring '08 Fall '08 Spring '09 Fall '09 Spring '10 Fall '10 Spring '11 Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13 Fall '130
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
12 1210
87
89
10
57
8 86
10
64
68
6 6 68
4
75
9
17 16
1210
12 1113
119
17 1719 19
3 42 1 2
4 3 3 4
9 911
17
8
23
38
48
3336 36 35
48
3027
23
16
1
Education Crime / drugs Taxes – too high Govt. inefficient, corrupt Economy
Economy
Taxes
Govt. Waste/Ethics
Crime
Education
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
County - Right, 16
County - Wrong, -32
State - Right, 61
State - Wrong, -49
USA - Right, 73
USA - Wrong, -56
Respondent- Right, 4
Respondent - Wrong, -22
Obama Vote by Right/Wrong Direction: County, State and USA
Most Important Problem: Fall 2007 to Fall 2013
Fall '07 Spring '08 Fall '08 Spring '09 Fall '09 Spring '10 Fall '10 Spring '11 Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13 Fall '130
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
12 1210
87
89
10
57
8 86
10
64
68
6 6 68
4
75
9
17 16
1210
12 1113
119
17 1719 19
3 42 1 2
4 3 3 4
9 911
17
8
23
38
48
3336 36 35
48
3027
23
16
1
Education Crime / drugs Taxes – too high Govt. inefficient, corrupt Economy
Economy
Taxes
Govt. Waste/Ethics
Crime
Education
Perceptions of the Economy: County, State, Federal
F '06
S '07
F '07
S '08 F'08 S '
09F '0
9S '
10F '1
0S '
11F '1
1S '
12F '1
2S '
13F '1
30
1020304050607080
71 71 69
5549 46 48 44 45 49 48 51 48 49 53
27 30 31 32 35 3338
33 3040
511 11 11 11 9 13 16 12 14
County State Federal
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 '13 F 130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
21
11 12 1315
1014
1115
912
14
26
35 34
40
32
2117
2124
41
3036
3027
24
61
5053
4244 43
46
39 39
32 3129
58 59 5963
6063
58
63 63 6266
5659
55 55 56 56
6359
66
59 59 60
Unable to find affordable housingReceived an income increaseHard to afford the cost of transportationHard to afford the cost of utilities such as electricity or gasTaxes are too high in relation to government services providedWages or salaries are not rising as fast as the cost of living
Find housing
Transportation cost Income rise
Utilities cost
Taxes too high
Wages too low
Other economic indicators
S '08 F '08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '13 F '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
6 4 6 8 7 7 9 8 84
7 7
14 1611
14 1611
15
24 2419 21 20 21
1714
19 17
3530 29
33 32 34 3532 32
2732
29
7175
70
5660
52
60
44
38
32 32
5146 47
4447
51
45
3842
38
Facing the possibility of house foreclosure or lossFound a new or better job recentlyFacing the possibility of unemploymentHealth care insurance is unavailable, too expensive or inadequateSignificant losses in your stock or retirement accountsDelay in making a major purchase such as a home or car
Stock losses
Delay
Health insurance
Unemployment
Home loss
New job
Receive
d a sal
ary in
crease
or other
increase
in in
come r
ecently
Hard to
afford
cost o
f utiliti
es such
as el
ectric
ity or g
as
Health ca
re insuran
ce is u
navailab
le, too ex
pensiv
e or in
adeq
uate
Unable t
o find afford
able h
ousing
Facing t
he possi
bility o
f house
foreclosure
or loss
Hard to
afford
the c
ost of tr
ansporta
tion
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
2522
-19
-11
1
-4
-22
8
-4
-10
-3-1
-15
-5
4
1
-4
-1
1
-9
8
11
6
32
$151,000+ $100,001-150,000 $50,001-100,000 $0-50,000
Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?
Values are percentages over or below mean p<.05
Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?
Values are percentages over or below mean p<.05
Wages
or sala
ries a
re not r
ising a
s fast a
s the c
ost of li
ving
Delay in
mak
ing a m
ajor p
urchase
such as
a home o
r car
Facing t
he possi
bility o
f unem
ploymen
t
Significan
t losse
s in yo
ur stock
or reti
remen
t acco
unts
Found a
new or b
etter
job recen
tly
Taxes
are to
o high in
relati
on to th
e gove
rnment s
ervice
s pro
vided
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
-3
-8
-4
5
0
9
-1
3
-5
-1
1
-15
7 7
-1
4
-3
6
-4-5
6
-6
3
0
$151,000+ $100,001-150,000 $50,001-100,000 $0-50,000
Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months Fall 2013 Bette
rSame Worse Unsure/
NATotal
Economic growth 26 44 25 5 100Unemployment 23 33 40 5 100Inflation 6 31 58 5 101Your personal financial situation
21 56 18 5 101
Growth Unemployment Inflation Personal Sit.
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
-3-9
-43
-2
22
9
-46
6
2622
-38
147
-13
-43
71
-17
-52
3
Fall '11 Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13 Fall '13
Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?
Values are percent “worse” minus percent “Better”
Personal finances Inflation Unemployment Growth
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
151+ 101-150 51-100 0-50Personal finances and unemployment p=.06
Sequestration and Shutdown
Overa
llDem Rep
Unaffilia
ted
Conse
rvati
ve
Mod
erate
Liber
als464850525456586062
57
60
57
5351
60
54
% Affected
Sequestration and Shutdown
Furlou
gh
Incom
e los
s
Park
s/vac
ation
s
Serv
ice re
ducti
on
Busine
ss los
ses
Laid
off0
1020304050 44
10 7 7 4 4
How impacted…
County Infrastructure Priorities: High, Medium, Low Hi
ghMediu
mLow Unsure/
NARebuilding or replacing the schools in your community 50 27 20 3Rebuilding or replacing the roads servicing your community 43 37 19 1Providing additional public transportation options to your community
36 28 31 4
Rebuilding or replacing police or fire stations servicing your community
31 35 28 6
Rebuilding or improving facilities at Anne Arundel Community College
25 39 24 12
Providing additional recreational access to the Chesapeake Bay
23 29 41 7
Rebuilding or replacing the police training academy 18 35 35 12Rebuilding or replacing the current computer and email system used by the county
16 26 37 21
Rebuilding or replacing your local library 15 33 48 4Rebuilding or replacing public parks used by your community 13 39 46 2
Rebuilding or re...
Rebuilding or r...
Providing additi...
Rebuilding or re...
Rebuilding or i...
Providing addit...
Rebuilding or re...
Rebuilding or r...
Rebuilding or re...
Rebuilding or r...-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
4030
24
5 3 1
-18
-17-21
-33 -33
County Problems – Better, Same, Worse over Last YearProblem Gotten
betterStayed about
the sameGotten worse
Unsure/NA
Improving the academic performance of our children
28 35 26 11
Improving the environment 21 45 27 7Improving the overall quality of life in our County 19 60 17 3Improving ethics in government 17 27 49 8Controlling crime 16 54 24 7Planning growth and development 15 38 35 12Improving the efficiency of local government 15 40 36 9Improving the local economy 13 55 27 6Reducing poverty and homelessness 7 40 37 16Reducing traffic congestion 7 29 61 3Keeping taxes low 5 37 54 4Average 15 42 36 8
Improving the academ
ic performance...
Improving the environm
ent
Improving the overall quality of life...
Improving ethics in governm
ent
Controlling crime
Planning growth and developm
ent
Improving the eff
iciency of local g...
Improving the local econom
y
Reducing poverty and hom
elessness
Reducing traff
ic congestion
Keeping taxes low
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
2-6
2
-32
-8
-20-21
-14
-30
-54-49
Mental Health Services16% with experience (22% students)
Description Agree Studen
ts
Agree
Disagree
No knowledg
e
No answer
Services are accessible and easily available
34 23 21 49 7
Services are affordable 20 21 19 54 7Services are high quality 24 19 16 58 7Providers are compassionate
20 29 6 58 6
Job Approval: Congress
Overa
llDem Rep
Unaffilia
ted
Conse
rvati
ve
Mod
erate
Liber
als02468
10
64
9
5
8
5 5
% approving
Presidential job approvalFall 2007 to Fall 2013
Fall '07 Spring '08
Fall '08 Spring '09
Fall '09 Spring '10
Fall '10 Spring '11
Fall '11 Spring '12
Fall '12 Spring '13
Fall '130
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
3528
24
5347 47
4247
3742 44 44
40
32 3025
6154
4743
4740
4550 49
43
CSLI Gallup
Trust in Political PartiesSpring 2008-Fall 2013
Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
42
37
33 34
37 37
34
31
37 37 37
34
3028
31
37
34
38
3230
34
38
32
23
20
27
31
21 21
17
29
32
21
17
26
37
Democrats Republicans Neither
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