Community Indicators Survey 1999: Columbia, SC

• CUST25
• Race relations in five years

Survey Question:  Looking ahead five years from today, please tell me if you think race relations in your community will get better, get worse, or stay about the same?

Column: 164  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (National, Akron, Charlotte, Columbia, Columbus, Lexington, Macon, Miami, Myrtle Beach, Tallahassee)

• CUST39
• View of local population growth

Survey Question:  People have different opinions about the recent dramatic growth (CITY'S) population. Some people say growth has been MOSTLY GOOD for (CITY) because it has brought jobs and more economic opportunity. Others say growth has been MOSTLY BAD because it has meant crowded schools, more traffic and strained government services. Which comes closer to your view?

Column: 187  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Charlotte, Columbia, SC, Myrtle Beach) The stem of the Myrtle Beach question had slightly different wording: "People have different opinions about the recent dramatic growth in Myrtle Beach's tourism and its full-time population." A similar question was asked in Biloxi, Miss. (Q.CUST53).

• CUST41A
• Need to improve quality of teachers

Survey Question:  Based on your own experiences or those of people you know who have children, do you think there is a great need, some need, or no need for local public schools (in the (CITY) area) to IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHERS?

Column: 189  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Columbia, SC and Tallahassee)

• CUST41B
• Need to reduce class size

Survey Question:  Based on your own experiences or those of people you know who have children, do you think there is a great need, some need, or no need for local public schools (in the (CITY) area) to REDUCE CLASS SIZE?

Column: 190  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Columbia, SC and Tallahassee)

• CUST41C
• Need to offer parental participation

Survey Question:  Based on your own experiences or those of people you know who have children, do you think there is a great need, some need, or no need for local public schools (in the (CITY) area) to PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS?

Column: 191  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Columbia, SC and Tallahassee)

• CUST41D
• Need to update resources

Survey Question:  Based on your own experiences or those of people you know who have children, do you think there is a great need, some need, or no need for local public schools (in the (CITY) area) to UPDATE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SUCH AS BOOKS, COMPUTERS, AND OTHER MATERIALS?

Column: 192  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Columbia, SC and Tallahassee)

• CUST41E
• Need to encourage racial tolerance

Survey Question:  Based on your own experiences or those of people you know who have children, do you think there is a great need, some need, or no need for local public schools (in the (CITY) area) to ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE RACIAL TOLERANCE AMONG STUDENTS?

Column: 193  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: (Columbia, SC and Tallahassee)