Mat-Su Borough Community Survey 2009 released

The Justice Center has released the most recent publication from its Community Indicators Project: The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Community Survey, 2009: A Sourcebook of Community Attitudes by Sharon Chamard and Khristy Parker.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Community Survey, conducted annually beginning in 2006, is a cooperative research effort between the Justice Center and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to collect information about satisfaction with Borough services, household aspirations and household composition. These data will be used by Borough decision-makers to prioritize projects, improve services and better plan for the future growth of the Mat-Su Borough.

The survey asks Mat-Su Borough residents to evaluate the quality of Borough services, provide opinions about Borough decision-making, and sum up their perceptions about a range of issues relevant to the present and future of the Mat-Su community. The 2009 survey was distributed to 2,733 residents of the Mat-Su Borough; a total of 1,406 surveys were returned, for a response rate of 51.6 percent. The Sourcebook provides results in five major areas: evaluation of current borough services; use of borough facilities; life in Mat-Su neighborhoods; local government access, policies and practices; and respondent background information.

See the Justice Center's Community surveys bibliography for a complete list of Justice Center reports and articles from various community surveys, including the Mat-Su Community Survey.

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