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Let’s build a better survey sample

In WIATT, our goal is to ensure true community representation in our surveys — with a particular focus on gathering input from under-heard voices and residents who have been harmed in the past.

We’ll explore the following questions to help us get there:

1. Do the demographics of our survey respondents match those of the people who live here?

2. Have we gotten input from under-heard voices or those who experienced past harms?

3. What areas of the city have submitted the most surveys?

4. How many responses have we gotten and where are they coming from?

5. How can we take action to get a more representative survey sample?

1. Do the demographics of our survey respondents match those of the people who live here?

Explore the chart below and ask yourself: Does the demographic profile of our survey respondents match what the Census tells us about who lives in this community? We’re not going for perfection — an exact match is nearly impossible — but we are trying to get close.

If you’re finding certain populations are under-represented in your surveys, we’ve got some recommendations about how you can reach them and a community asset map that can help inform where to take your surveys next. Once you have achieved representation, we will share the results from all the surveys.

Key Takeaways

Over-Represented

You have too many responses for:

Under-Represented

You have too few responses for:

Looks Good

You have the right number of responses for:

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How closely does our survey match who lives here?

Difference between our survey and the Census

How closely does our survey match who lives here?

2. Have we gotten input from under-heard voices or those who experienced past harms?

At the beginning of this project, we examined past survey data and identified three populations who have been historically left out of past planning processes:

Black residents in Glen Park
Latina mothers with young children
People who are mobility-impaired or primarily use wheelchairs

Working with our credible messengers, we developed targeted outreach plans to hear directly from these residents. Here’s how we’re doing at collecting their input:

3. What areas of the city have submitted the most surveys?

It’s important to ensure we are getting input from residents all across the city, rather than in one specific neighborhood. Here’s where our surveys are coming from:

4. How many responses have we gotten and where are they coming from?

We’ve distributed the survey through a variety of channels: we have partnered with over a dozen community members to share the survey, the city has mentioned it twice in their newsletter, and we attended three community-wide events.

Here’s where our survey responses are coming from:

TAKE ACTION

How to get a more representative survey sample

Are you finding that certain populations are missing from your surveys? Here are some ideas for reaching those communities:

Explore the community asset map to identify neighborhoods where under-sampled populations live — and if you know of other places we should add to the map, let us know!
Identify locations such as community centers, health clinics, libraries, schools, businesses, or parks where you might conduct more survey outreach.
Reach out to community members and credible messengers in those neighborhoods to learn about good times to survey community members, ask where else you should go to reach people, and find out who else might be helpful.

Still not there yet? Reach out to an FFI staff member or contact us using the form below so we can brainstorm community outreach strategies with you.

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Got questions? We’d love to hear from you.

How is your data collection going?

Let’s build a better survey sample

1. Do the demographics of our survey respondents match those of the people who live here?

2. Have we gotten input from under-heard voices or those who experienced past harms?

3. What areas of the city have submitted the most surveys?

4. How many responses have we gotten and where are they coming from?

5. How can we take action to get a more representative survey sample?

1. Do the demographics of our survey respondents match those of the people who live here?

2. Have we gotten input from under-heard voices or those who experienced past harms?

3. What areas of the city have submitted the most surveys?

4. How many responses have we gotten and where are they coming from?

How to get a more representative survey sample

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