City of Hamilton 2018 Municipal Election Issues Poll

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Project Citation:

Piscitelli, Anthony, Borrelli, Michael, and Beasley Neighbourhood Association. City of Hamilton 2018 Municipal Election Issues Poll. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-10-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E106542V2

Project Description

Summary: The purpose of this project was to gather attitudes and opinions on municipal issues facing the City of Hamilton, on behalf of the Beasley Neighbourhood Association. The Beasley Neighbourhood Association was seeking information to enhance the quality of life in the downtown Hamilton area. The questions explore issues related to the performance of city council, affordable housing, and the priority of issues facing the City of Hamilton. Results of this survey are considered accurate to +/- 5.3 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

Funding Sources: Beasley Neighbourhood Association

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage: City of Hamilton, Ontario

Time Period(s): 9/10/2018 – 9/11/2018

Collection Date(s): 9/10/2018 – 9/11/2018

Methodology

Response Rate: A response rate can be calculated using all active lines or only people who answered. The response rate using the 21,188 answered numbers was 2.1% for phone book listed landlines and 1.2% for random dialed numbers (which were likely mostly cell phone numbers but may have also included unlisted landlines and businesses). The overall response rate for answered numbers was 1.8%. These rates were calculated based on the number of people who completed the entire survey. The overall response rate for answered numbers for the first question of the survey was 2.6%. The response rate using all active lines was 0.347% when examining all questions or 0.511% when examining only the first question.

Sampling: A total of 401,333 phone numbers were called as part of this campaign. A total of 109,867 of these numbers were active lines (i.e. the call was an active number that either generated no answer, an answering machine or the call was answered). A contact rate of 19.3% was achieved (i.e. 21,188 of the active lines answered the phone).

Collection Mode(s): telephone audio computer-assisted self interview (TACASI); telephone interview

Weights: Weights are included based on age and gender.

Geographic Unit: City of Hamilton, Ontario

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V2 [2018-10-03]

V1 [2018-10-03]

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