Brief Overall Description of the Dataset:
The James City County Citizen Survey is conducted in order to understand the opinions and feelings of the citizens of the county towards life in James City County and current county facilities. These facilities include public schools and public land. Other questions focus on future policy implementation regarding topics such as access to career and technical education and overall town safety. The dataset was collected through the Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research with a random selection of James City County responders over telephone. Most of the questions asked are opinion based questions, in exception to a few age and race questions.
Link: http://www.jamescitycountyva.gov/pdf/bospdfs/boswspdfs2014/052714bosws/C1-att-2014ReportFinal.pdf
Date Inventory Completed: 5/22/2015
Screening
- Is the data collected opinion-based?
- Is the data collection recurring (must be collected at least annually)?
- Is there data available for 2013?
- Is the data collected at the property or housing unit level?
- Can we access the data by August 15th?
Purpose
What is the purpose of the organization collecting the data?
To better implement policy for the people living within James City County, VA.
Why is it collected and how does the organization use it?
This data is collected in order to best understand the feelings and opinions from
Who else uses the data?
Citizens, policy-makers
Who do they sell the data to?
Citizens, policy-makers
Method
What is the data collection method?
Phone interview, randomly selected from a phone bank
What is the type of data collected?
Designed collections
If designed, who created the questions?
Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research in conjunction with staff members of the James City County planning office.
- What is the raw source of the collected data (prior to any aggregation)?
Citizens of James City County with access to a personal telephone
Description
What is the general topic of the data (1-2 words)?
County Facilities
What are the earliest and latest dates for which data is available?
This source is only fro 2013-2014, but this survey appears to go back to at least 2001.
Is data collected and available periodically?
Yes, yearly but is presented one year at a time
How soon after a reference period ends can a data source be prepared and provided?
Within a year
Selectivity
What is the universe that the data represents?
Citizens living in James City County, VA
Accessibility
How is the data accessed?
Is it open data?
Contact county
- Any legal, regulatory, or administrative restrictions on accessing the data source?
No
Cost? - One time or annual or project based payment?
No
Does this dataset appear to meet our needs for the Census study? NO
Explanation: While this data is helpful for the county to understand the feelings and opinions of its constituents, for the purpose of the Census study, this dataset is opinion based.