CommmunitySurveyWeighted StatePlane

<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>These data include the individual responses for the City of Tempe Annual Community Survey conducted by ETC Institute. This dataset has two layers and includes both the weighted data and unweighted data.&nbsp;</span></span>Weighting data is a statistical method in which datasets are adjusted through calculations in order to more accurately represent the population being studied.&nbsp;The weighted data are used in the final published PDF report.</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>These data help determine priorities for the community as part of the City's on-going strategic planning process. Averaged Community Survey results are used as indicators for several city performance measures. The summary data for each performance measure is provided as an open dataset for that measure (separate from this dataset). The performance measures with indicators from the survey include the following (as of 2025):</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>1. Safe and Secure Communities</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.04 Fire Services Satisfaction</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.06 Crime Reporting</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.07 Police Services Satisfaction</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.09 Victim of Crime</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.10 Worry About Being a Victim</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.11 Feeling Safe in City Facilities</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>1.23 Feeling of Safety in Parks</span></span></li></ul><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>2. Strong Community Connections</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>2.02 Customer Service Satisfaction</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>2.04 City Website Satisfaction</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>2.05 Online Services Satisfaction Rate</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>2.15&nbsp;</span></span>Participating in City Decisions</li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>2.21 Satisfaction with Availability of City Information</span></span></li></ul><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>3. Quality of Life</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>3.16 City Recreation, Arts, and Cultural Centers</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>3.17 Community Services Programs</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>3.19 Value of Special Events</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>3.23 Right of Way Landscape Maintenance</span></span></li><li><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>3.36 Quality of City Services</span></span></li></ul><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>4. Sustainable Growth &amp; Development</strong></span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>No Performance Measures in this category presently relate directly to the Community Survey</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>5. Financial Stability &amp; Vitality</strong></span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>No Performance Measures in this category presently relate directly to the Community Survey</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Methods:</strong></span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>The survey is mailed to a random sample of households in the City of Tempe. Follow up emails and texts are also sent to encourage participation. A link to the survey is provided with each communication. To prevent people who do not live in Tempe or who were not selected as part of the random sample from completing the survey, everyone who completed the survey was required to provide their address. These addresses were then matched to those used for the random representative sample. If the respondent’s address did not match, the response was not used.</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>To better understand how services are being delivered across the city, individual results were mapped to determine overall distribution across the city.</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Additionally, demographic data were used to monitor the distribution of responses to ensure the responding population of each survey is representative of city population.</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Processing and Limitations:</strong></span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>The location data in this dataset is generalized to the block level to protect privacy. This means that only the first two digits of an address are used to map the location. When they data are shared with the city only the latitude/longitude of the block level address points are provided. This results in points that overlap. In order to better visualize the data, overlapping points were randomly dispersed to remove overlap. The result of these two adjustments ensure that they are not related to a specific address, but are still close enough to allow insights about service delivery in different areas of the city.</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>The weighted data are used by the ETC Institute, in the final published PDF report.</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>The 2025 Annual Community Survey report is available on data.tempe.gov or by visiting&nbsp;</span></span><a style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5; text-decoration:none;' target='_blank' href='https://www.tempe.gov/government/strategic-management-and-innovation/signature-surveys-research-and-data' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://www.tempe.gov/government/strategic-management-and-innovation/signature-surveys-research-and-data</a>The individual survey questions as well as the definition of the response scale (for example, 1 means “very dissatisfied” and 5 means “very satisfied”) are provided in the&nbsp;<span style='color:#2f4f4f; font-family:inherit;'><font style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'>data dictionary</font></span>.</p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><a target='_blank' href='https://tempe.gitbook.io/data-dictionary/community-survey-2025-data-dictionary' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-size:18px;'><strong>Data Dictionary</strong></span></a></p><div style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><span style='font-size:18px;'><strong>Additional Information:</strong></span></div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Source:</strong> Community Attitude Survey</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Contact (author):</strong> Amber Asburry</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Contact E-Mail (author):</strong> Amber_Asburry@tempe.gov</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Data Source Type:</strong> Excel table</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Preparation Method:</strong> Data received from vendor after report is completed</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Publish Frequency:</strong> Annual</div><div style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5;'><strong>Publish Method:</strong> Manual</div></div>

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Organization: City of Tempe