Spring 2010 Michigan Public Policy Survey Homepage

The Spring 2010 Michigan Public Policy Survey

• Topics:
  • Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; employee compensation; retiree health care; pensions; trade-offs between services and taxes; economic gardening; revenue sharing and local tax authority; independent redistricting commission; U.S. Census; federal stimulus package
• Methodology:
  • This survey ran from April 14 to June 10, 2010 and received responses from 70% of jurisdictions
• Survey questionnaire
• Pre-run data tables
• Publications:
  • Promoting participation in the U.S. Census
  • Coping with fiscal, service, and staffing pressures
  • Support for economic gardening
  • Local government pay and benefits
• Access data at ICPSR:
  • Learn more about MPPS data access at ICPSR
  • Public/Student-use datasets
    • Annual tracking data on budget and operations policy and fiscal health
    • US Census and redistricting
    • Economic gardening
    • Employee wages and fringe benefits
    • Federal stimulus package
  • Restricted-use dataset
    • Restricted-use codebook