Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2015 Data Tables

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Q5d. Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds?

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Greatly Decrease 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Somewhat Decrease 4% 4% 8% 6% 5%
No Change 64% 66% 52% 62% 63%
Somewhat Increase 21% 12% 26% 15% 15%
Greatly Increase 3% 1% 6% 2% 2%
Not Applicable 3% 14% 6% 13% 12%
Don't Know 3% 3% 1% 2% 3%

Population Size Crosstabulation
% within Population Size
  Population Size Total
<1500 1500-5000 5001-10000 10001-30000 >30000
Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Greatly Decrease 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0%
Somewhat Decrease 5% 4% 3% 1% 10% 5%
No Change 61% 64% 69% 71% 54% 63%
Somewhat Increase 12% 16% 17% 14% 24% 15%
Greatly Increase 2% 2% 3% 5% 1% 2%
Not Applicable 18% 11% 3% 6% 6% 12%
Don't Know 2% 3% 5% 3% 2% 3%

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
Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding reliance on "rainy day" funds? Greatly Decrease 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0%
Somewhat Decrease 5% 4% 4% 6% 4% 5% 5%
No Change 62% 66% 62% 62% 60% 66% 63%
Somewhat Increase 16% 11% 15% 13% 17% 17% 15%
Greatly Increase 1% 2% 2% 3% 4% 2% 2%
Not Applicable 15% 15% 13% 14% 12% 7% 12%
Don't Know 1% 2% 4% 2% 4% 2% 3%