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Iowa City survey: residents rate quality of life high but cite affordability, housing and water resources as concerns
Summary
Kirk Layman, assistant city manager, presented the results of a National Research Center community survey and told the council that Iowa City rates highly for overall quality of life but that affordability, housing and some natural-resource measures emerged as serious concerns.
Kirk Layman, assistant city manager, presented the results of a National Research Center (Polco) community survey and told the council that Iowa City rates highly for overall quality of life but that affordability, housing and some natural-resource measures emerged as serious concerns.
"We saw this as a really valuable way to gauge the public's opinion, not only on our services, but also on the aspects of livability within Iowa City," Layman said, describing a statistically valid mailed survey conducted Sept. 19–Nov. 8 and an open online survey collected Oct. 11–Nov. 8.
Methodology and response: Layman said the city mailed to 35,100 randomly selected households and received a statistically valid sample of 2,277 returned surveys (an 8% response rate). He said the sample was weighted to match Iowa City's demographic profile; an additional roughly 200 responses came from an open, nonrandom online survey. The…
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