● Upon completion of data collection , the data were weighted by gender , age *, and district distribution to ensure an accurate representation of the City ’ s population . Weighted data is shown throughout the report , along with unweighted base sizes .
● For most ratings , residents rated Arlington or its services on a scale of “ excellent ,” “ good ,” “ fair ,” or “ poor .”
• “ Don ’ t knows ” have been excluded from most percentages .
• Most charts summarize the top-two-box positive ratings (“ excellent ” or “ good ”).
● One way to interpret ratings is as follows :
• 85 %+ positive : Little room for improvement
• 60 % -84% positive : Some room for improvement
• Less than 60 % positive : Much room for improvement
About the Results
● Rounding note : Periodically throughout the report , the sum of the answer percentages of a single-response question may not equal 100 %. This is due to numerical rounding .
* Data for this survey has historically been weighted by age groups 18-34 , 35-54 , and 55 +. However , in 2020 , 2021 , and 2022 , smaller base sizes ( that is , the number of respondents ) for these age groups made it necessary to weight using broader age groups ( 18-54 and 55 +) in order to maintain statistical reliability .
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