Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2016 Data Tables

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Q5g. Thinking about the next fiscal year, which action has your jurisdiction taken or is likely to take regarding actual infrastructure spending?

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 actual infrastructure spending? Greatly Decrease 0% 1% 0% 2% 1%
Somewhat Decrease 3% 4% 12% 4% 5%
No Change 43% 49% 24% 35% 43%
Somewhat Increase 48% 29% 50% 42% 35%
Greatly Increase 3% 6% 13% 12% 7%
Not Applicable 0% 8% 1% 2% 6%
Don't Know 3% 4% 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 actual infrastructure spending? Greatly Decrease 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%
Somewhat Decrease 4% 5% 4% 11% 4% 5%
No Change 45% 45% 47% 29% 29% 43%
Somewhat Increase 29% 35% 34% 49% 59% 35%
Greatly Increase 7% 8% 8% 8% 5% 7%
Not Applicable 9% 4% 4% 0% 0% 6%
Don't Know 4% 3% 2% 3% 3% 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 actual infrastructure spending? Greatly Decrease 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1%
Somewhat Decrease 6% 3% 6% 4% 6% 6% 5%
No Change 45% 47% 41% 44% 43% 39% 43%
Somewhat Increase 33% 37% 33% 33% 32% 42% 35%
Greatly Increase 6% 4% 9% 8% 10% 8% 7%
Not Applicable 8% 5% 7% 6% 5% 3% 6%
Don't Know 3% 3% 5% 4% 4% 2% 3%