Trust in Vancouver’s municipal organizations varies
2011-05-24
Vancouver, BC (May 24, 2011) – An April/May survey of Vancouver residents by JustasonMarket Intelligence finds that Vancouver residents’ trust in their municipal organizations varies from 50% to 69%.
Residents assign their highest trust score (69%) to the Vancouver Police Department. The ParkBoard is close behind at 64%. Vancouver’s municipal government and school board are trusted by 55% and 50% respectively.
The survey also finds that residents over 65 years are more likely than younger groups to trust the police department and the municipal council; men are more likely than women to trust the school board.
Justason Market Intelligence is a Vancouver-based market and opinion research firm.
Research Notes:
- Dates of research: April 26 – May 11, 2011.
- Methodology: A telephone-online hybrid of 582 surveys combining 420 randomly selected telephone interviews with 162 randomly selected JMI online panelists.
- Margin of error: ±4.8 percentage points 19 in 20 times.
- Research Sponsor: Justason Market Intelligence
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