Community Indicators Survey 2002: 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

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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)