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Methodology and response rate
- Using a mail-out/mail-back methodology typically gets a higher response rate than phone for the same dollars spent.
- Selecting households at random within the community to ensure those selected to receive the survey are representative of the larger community.
- Over-sampling multi-family housing units to improve response from hard-to-reach citizens.
- Contacting potential respondents three times to encourage response.
- Providing a pre-addressed, postage-paid return envelope.
- Weighting the results to reflect the demographics of the population.
Community Survey Results
Since 2009, the City of Pearland worked with outside vendors to conduct the Community Survey. The statistically- valid survey provides an opportunity to connect with community members and gain a better understanding with qualified data of opinions on City services and the perceptions of quality of life. The results are used by Pearland leaders to identify challenges and to plan for and evaluate improvements and to sustain services and amenities for long-term success.
Why use a scientific sample and not survey the entire population?
Just like well-grounded opinion polling in business or public policy, if you get a representative sample to respond to a large group, you can make solid, well-founded decisions based on the representative sample. Just like when you're doing your sampling of water quality and such, take a dip and you can assume that's true for the whole pool. The representative sample gets people who would not normally come to a City Council meeting or even vote but live in Pearland. Additionally, the City has built-inregular opportunities more and more into publications for quick feedback cards, so the representative sample scientific survey is one of several pieces, but one that we should put a good amount of weight towards.
2023 Survey Results
2021 Survey Results
2019 Survey Results
- The NCS Dashboard
- The NCS Community Livability Report
- The NCS Demographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Geographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Trends over Time
- The NCS Technical Appendices
- 2019 Citizen Survey Infographic
2017 Survey Results
- The NCS Dashboard
- The NCS Community Livability Report
- The NCS Demographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Geographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Trends over Time
- The NCS Technical Appendices
- 2017 Citizen Survey Infographic
2015 Survey Results
- The NCS Dashboard
- The NCS Community Livability Report
- The NCS Demographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Geographic Crosstabs
- The NCS Trends over Time
- The NCS Technical Appendices
- MAP: Location of Survey Respondents
- The NCS Supplemental Web Results
- 2015 Citizen Survey Infographic
2013 Survey Results
In 2013, Pearland residents were asked to rate Community characteristics and City services through a random survey. The survey of 400 residents was conducted via home telephone last fall. More than 90 percent of residents feel the quality of life in their neighborhood and in Pearland overall is good or excellent and residents continue to feel the convenient location is the best thing about Pearland. Results of the survey provide valuable feedback in improving the quality of City services.