Albuquerque citizens have a high degree of under-standing of Desired Community Conditions, all of which were deemed important by citizen survey respondents. Still, misperceptions about progress exist in 15 of the 51 DCCs reported in the APR 2008. Some of these misperceptions were overestimates of community progress and some underestimates.

INDICATOR

• 43.1 Assessment of Citizen Perception Ratings in APR 2008 Compared to Indicator Data Trends

  LOCAL TREND:

While this is the first time this indicator is being used and there is not data from other years, the consistency of citizen perceptions about the various DCCs was significant. Overall, citizens had an accurate understanding of the conditions, as verified by indicator data, in almost two thirds of DCCs. All the DCCs were assessed to be important by the citizens with means ranging from 5.18 to 6.61 on a 7 point scale. Progress means ranged from 3.26 to 5.28, again on a 7 point scale. Future surveying will be done to develop trend data for this Desired Community Condition.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

This desired condition is not measured by any other jurisdiction.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

This condition was ranked in the lower quartile for both importance and progress. Ironically, citizen perception of this condition differed from the data, because citizens do have a more accurate understanding of conditions overall than their perceptions of progress for this DCC indicated.

Opportunity to Continue to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Positive
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	N/A
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Differs

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