Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2009 Data Tables

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Q3: Do you think your community will have good or bad times financially in the next 12 months?

Type of Jurisdiction Crosstabulation
% within Type of Jurisdiction
  Type of Jurisdiction Total
County Township City Village
Do you think your community will have good or bad times financially in the next 12 months? Good Times 5% 6% 5% 6% 6%
Bad Times 75% 54% 73% 51% 58%
Neither 17% 23% 13% 24% 21%
Don't Know 2% 16% 8% 18% 15%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Community Population Size Crosstabulation
% within Population Size
  Population Size Total
<1500 1500-5000 5001-10000 10001-30000 >30000
Do you think your community will have good or bad times financially in the next 12 months? Good Times 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6%
Bad Times 50% 59% 67% 68% 77% 58%
Neither 24% 21% 17% 21% 15% 21%
Don't Know 20% 15% 10% 5% 2% 15%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Region of Michigan Crosstabulation
% within Region of Michigan
  Region of Michigan Total
Upper Peninsula Northern Lower Peninsula West Central Lower Peninsula East Central Lower Peninsula Southwest Lower Peninsula Southeast Lower Peninsula
Do you think your community will have good or bad times financially in the next 12 months? Good Times 6% 5% 7% 7% 8% 2% 6%
Bad Times 54% 59% 55% 50% 55% 74% 58%
Neither 18% 20% 23% 28% 24% 13% 21%
Don't Know 21% 16% 15% 15% 13% 10% 15%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Note: these data exclude partial survey responses. Contact CLOSUP for more information.