Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2017 Data Tables

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Q4m. Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of employees for your jurisdiction?

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of employees for your jurisdiction? Greatly Decreased 3% 0% 2% 0% 0%
Somewhat Decreased 8% 2% 14% 8% 5%
No Change 69% 83% 63% 77% 78%
Somewhat Increased 21% 10% 21% 12% 13%
Greatly Increased 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Not Applicable 0% 3% 0% 3% 3%
Don't Know 0% 1% 0% 1% 1%

Population Size Crosstabulation
% within Population Size
  Population Size Total
<1500 1500-5000 5001-10000 10001-30000 >30000
Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of employees for your jurisdiction? Greatly Decreased 0% 0% 1% 2% 2% 0%
Somewhat Decreased 4% 4% 11% 11% 5% 5%
No Change 84% 83% 70% 57% 55% 78%
Somewhat Increased 5% 11% 17% 30% 38% 13%
Greatly Increased 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Not Applicable 5% 1% 0% 0% 0% 3%
Don't Know 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%

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
Has there been a decrease, an increase, or no change from the previous fiscal year in the number of employees for your jurisdiction? Greatly Decreased 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0%
Somewhat Decreased 6% 3% 6% 6% 4% 7% 5%
No Change 82% 83% 81% 81% 79% 65% 78%
Somewhat Increased 7% 8% 11% 7% 15% 26% 13%
Greatly Increased 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Not Applicable 3% 5% 2% 4% 1% 1% 3%
Don't Know 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 1%