Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2011 Data Tables

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Q56a: How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard)

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard) Very Effective 1% 4% 5% 4% 4%
Somewhat Effective 43% 23% 34% 19% 26%
Neither Effective nor Ineffective 32% 37% 39% 45% 38%
Somewhat Ineffective 12% 3% 8% 6% 5%
Very Ineffective 12% 10% 11% 9% 10%
Don't Know 0% 23% 3% 17% 17%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Population Category Crosstabulation
% within Population Size
  Population Size Total
<1500 1500-5000 5001-10000 10001-30000 >30000
How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard) Very Effective 4% 3% 4% 4% 9% 4%
Somewhat Effective 19% 23% 31% 38% 42% 26%
Neither Effective nor Ineffective 41% 39% 33% 36% 33% 38%
Somewhat Ineffective 4% 5% 6% 7% 6% 5%
Very Ineffective 9% 10% 15% 11% 9% 10%
Don't Know 23% 20% 11% 4% 1% 17%
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
How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard) Very Effective 2% 3% 5% 4% 4% 6% 4%
Somewhat Effective 22% 28% 30% 18% 23% 31% 26%
Neither Effective nor Ineffective 38% 34% 35% 41% 41% 40% 38%
Somewhat Ineffective 4% 5% 4% 7% 6% 4% 5%
Very Ineffective 7% 8% 10% 10% 15% 9% 10%
Don't Know 27% 22% 16% 20% 11% 10% 17%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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