Community Indicators Survey 2002: Long Beach, CA
Browse variable group VG09 - Custom questions -- Long Beach, CA
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- CUST73
- Community as place to raise children
Survey Question: How would you rate the community you live in as a place to raise children? Would you say it is . . .?
| Response Categories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Label | Frequency |
| 1 | Excellent | 153 |
| 2 | Good | 324 |
| 3 | Only fair | 227 |
| 4 | Poor | 83 |
| 9 | Don't know/Refused | 16 |
Column: 158
Width: 1
Type: numeric
Text: Read. (Long Beach)
- CUST74
- Most important for tax funds
Survey Question: As you may know, many communities use tax dollars to help pay for early childhood development programs, including programs to help children get ready to start school. Thinking specifically about the needs of young children in (CITY), which ONE of the following types of programs do you think is the most important to support with these tax funds . . . ?
| Response Categories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Label | Frequency |
| 1 | Programs providing health care for young children | 262 |
| 2 | Programs providing affordable child care | 152 |
| 3 | Programs helping children learn to read | 303 |
| 4 | Other (VOL) | 19 |
| 5 | All of the above/can't choose one (VOL) | 33 |
| 9 | Don't know/Refused | 34 |
Column: 159
Width: 1
Type: numeric
Text: Read and rotate categories 1-3. (Long Beach, Philadelphia, State College) The stem of the Long Beach question had slightly different wording: "As you may know, the state of California gives tax dollars to each county to help pay for early childhood development programs. . ."
- CUST75
- Most important preschool goal
Survey Question: In (CITY), many young children attend preschool programs to get ready to start kindergarten or first grade. Which ONE of the following do you think is most important for children to do in preschool programs . . . ?
| Response Categories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Label | Frequency |
| 1 | Learn to get along with other children | 380 |
| 2 | Begin to learn about music and art | 51 |
| 3 | Begin to learn how to read and do math | 330 |
| 4 | Other | 27 |
| 5 | All of the above (VOL.) | 0 |
| 6 | Get along and learn how to read and do math (VOL.) | 0 |
| 9 | Don't know/Refused | 15 |
Column: 160
Width: 1
Type: numeric
Text: Read and rotate categories 1-3. (Long Beach, Philadelphia, State College)