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Eugene Survey On Athletic Fields, Open Spaces, and Parks January, 1998 Introduction PURPOSE The purpose of the research is to learn the attitudes of Eugene voters regarding a possible ballot measure to maintain and expand Eugene's parks, build new athletic fields, gyms, and swimming pools, and purchase more open spaces. METHODOLOGY A total of 400 interviews of likely Eugene general election voters were completed. The sample was selected and quotas were established to guarantee a statistically accurate representation of the likely voting population in a November, 1998 election. 2 The survey has an error margin of approximately 5 %. The actual error margins for subsamples of various sizes is as follows (The right -hand column indicates the percentage providing the response to which the error applies. The top row indicates the sample size.): Sample Size Pct 50 100 150 200 250 300 400 10% 8% 6% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 20% 11% 8% 7% 6% 5% 5% 4% 30% 13% 9% 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 40% 14% 10% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 50% 14% 10% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 60% 14% 10% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 70% 13% 9% 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 80% 11% 8% 7% 6% 5% 5% 4% 90% 8% 6% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% Telephone interviews were conducted between January 19 and 23, 1998 by interviewers hired and administered by Advanced Marketing Research of Eugene, Oregon. The response rate was 69 %. Deborah Harford Consulting of Eugene, Oregon assisted in the preparation of this report.