Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Spring 2014, Question 18c

Desire to decrease costs of service delivery or operations in encouraging your jurisdiction to contract the services/operations out

Full Question Text

We are also interested in the factors that may encourage or discourage privatization. Whether or not your jurisdiction is currently involved in privatization effort(s) of any kind, as far as you know, has a desire to decrease costs of service delivery or operations played a role in encouraging your jurisdiction to contract out services or operations?

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Percentage of jurisdictions that report a desire to decrease costs of service delivery or operations has played a role in encouraging them to contract out services or operations: 77% 37% 82% 46% 48%