Jurisdiction's financial management policies and practices have become formalized in the past five years
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We're interested in how your local government's approach to financial management policies and practices may have changed over time. We know that different policies may be more or less formal, but thinking about your jurisdiction's financial management policies and practices overall, would you say in the last five years they have become more formalized, less formalized, or neither?
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| We know that different policies may be more or less formal, but thinking about your jurisdiction's financial management policies and practices overall, would you say in the last five years they have become more formalized, less formalized, or neither? | Significantly more formalized | 13% | 9% | 15% | 14% | 11% |
| Somewhat more formalized | 52% | 41% | 43% | 42% | 42% | |
| Neither more nor less formalized | 34% | 43% | 37% | 32% | 40% | |
| Somewhat less formalized | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | |
| Significantly less formalized | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | |
| Don't Know | 2% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 5% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| We know that different policies may be more or less formal, but thinking about your jurisdiction's financial management policies and practices overall, would you say in the last five years they have become more formalized, less formalized, or neither? | Significantly more formalized | 10% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 24% | 11% |
| Somewhat more formalized | 38% | 42% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 42% | |
| Neither more nor less formalized | 43% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 26% | 40% | |
| Somewhat less formalized | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Significantly less formalized | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Don't Know | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 5% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| We know that different policies may be more or less formal, but thinking about your jurisdiction's financial management policies and practices overall, would you say in the last five years they have become more formalized, less formalized, or neither? | Significantly more formalized | 9% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 11% |
| Somewhat more formalized | 41% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 40% | 45% | 42% | |
| Neither more nor less formalized | 44% | 44% | 40% | 44% | 38% | 34% | 40% | |
| Somewhat less formalized | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | |
| Significantly less formalized | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Don't Know | 4% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 5% | |