Community Member Survey

Community Member Survey

  Please answer the following survey the best of your ability:

First, we would like to obtain some basic background information.
 
1) What is your age?                                                               ___________________
2) What is your gender?                                                          ___________________
3) Please describe your ethniticity.                                         ___________________
4) Can you describe your employment status?                       ___________________
5) What is (are) your occupation(s)?                                       ___________________
                                                                                                  ___________________
6) How long have you worked at your job?                           ___________________
7) How do you commute to work?                                         ___________________
8) Please state your yearly income range (in dollar amount).__________________
9) How many people live in your household?                       ___________________
10) Can you describe your household characteristics
(eg. Single family, couple, extended family, etc.)             ___________________
11) Please describe your education level.                                ___________________
12) Do you have health insurance?
13) Are you a registered voter?                                                ___________________
14) How many vehicles do you own?
 
1)  Of the following regions, which do you most identify as your home?
____ Neighborhood ____ Town or Community ____ State ____ Greater Region

The following questions or statements are about personal and public investments in your home, community, and lifestyle.

2) To what extent do the things that you own or rent (eg. home, car, furniture, clothes, etc.) contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

3)  To what extent do the public things in your community (streets, sidewalks, streetlights, parking, etc.) contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

4)  To what extent do private investments (eg. shops, restaurants, offices, etc.) in your community contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

4) The public (eg. parks, and community centers) and private spaces (eg. businesses, and offices,) in my community are balanced.
____Definitely not true ____Not true ____Neutral ____ True ____Very true



The next questions or statements are about personal well-being and investments made in yourself.

6) My personal income and the goods and services I purchase contribute to my
Quality of life.
      ____Definitely not true ____Not true ____Neutral ____ True ____Very true
   
7) To what extent do investments made in yourself or personal growth (eg. education, job skills, health, spirituality, etc.) contribute to your quality of life.
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

8) My community supports my individual development and growth.
____Definitely not true ____Not true ____Neutral ____ True ____Very true
a. The opportunities for local employment are:
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High
b. The support for human health in the community are:
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High
c. The educational opportunities in the community are:
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

These questions or statements are about your relationships with family and people in your community.

9) To what extent do relationships with your family and friends contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

10)  To what extent do interactions with people in your neighborhood or community  
       contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

11)  To what extent do the ownership provisions (structures or agreements of property ownership) in your community affect your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

12)  The process for allocating work and rewarding contributions in my community is:
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

13) The overall social interactions in my community are: 
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

14)   My community welcomes outsiders.
 ____Definitely not true ____Not true ____Neutral ____ True ____Very true





The following questions or statements are about access to, investments in, and use of natural areas in or near your community.

15)  To what extent does interaction with natural areas (open space) in or near your community contribute to your quality of life?
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

16)  My community’s efforts to preserve natural or “wild” areas, ecosystems, and their benefits are:
____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

17)  How would you rate the list of following assets in your community toward
      contributing to your quality of life? From 6 (most important) to 1 (least important)

____ Air Quality ____Water Resources____ Public open space
____Noise in your Neighborhood ____General Cleanliness ____ Other:


Lastly there are some questions or statements about your overall quality of life.

     17)  The overall quality of life in my community is:
      ____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High

18)  My overall quality of life is:
      ____Poor ____Below Average ____Average ____Good ____Very High
 
19)  Members of my community share common visions, and believe similar
fundamental goals are important. 
____Definitely not true ____Not true ____Neutral ____ True ____Very true

20)  Please distribute 100 points across the following categories according to how you
 spend your working hours during a typical week.
____Employment ____Volunteer Work (formal and informal)
____Household Chores ____Family activities and entertainment
____Personal activities and entertainment ____ Other: (please describe)

     21) Please distribute 100 points across the following regions according to which ones
affect your quality of life.
____Neighborhood ____Town or community ____State ____Greater region