{"id":2994,"date":"2025-07-30T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/statistically-valid-multimodal-survey-results-are-in\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:19:17","slug":"statistically-valid-multimodal-survey-results-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/statistically-valid-multimodal-survey-results-are-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistically-Valid Multimodal Survey Results Are In!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A statistically-valid multimodal survey was conducted in the City of West Covina for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan between June 9 and June 16, 2025. The 400 household sample was developed from the census database and survey participants were randomly selected. The 8-minute survey was conducted with live U.S.-based interviewers by phone (38%) and online survey methods (62%). Phone participants were interviewed through landline (35%) and mobile (65%) calls. Online participants were invited by email (43%) and text message (57%) to access the survey by computer, tablet, or smart phone. Respondents in all modes chose their preferred language, English (90%) and Spanish (10%). Security measures precluded individuals from completing the survey more than once.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from the multimodal survey include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When residents are looking for information about parks, recreation facilities, or programs 71% get information from the City\u2019s website, online, or through Google searches.<\/li>\n<li>69% are satisfied with the care and maintenance of city parks and recreation facilities in West Covina.<\/li>\n<li>67% are satisfied with the existing parks, recreation facilities and programs in West Covina.<\/li>\n<li>30% utilize recreation programs in West Covina once a month or more often.<\/li>\n<li>41% utilize parks or recreation facilities in West Covina once a month or more often.<\/li>\n<li>Residents would like to add or expand the following program, class, event, or activity: fitness\/exercise, senior programs\/activities, community events, art programs\/classes, children\u2019s activities, music\/dance classes, and picnic areas.<\/li>\n<li>Residents would like to add or improve the following park amenity, feature, or recreation facility: walking path\/hiking trails\/track, sports fields, swimming pool\/splash pad\/water park, better restrooms, more classes\/activities\/events, playgrounds\/slides, picnic tables\/benches, open space\/trees\/greenery, dog park, security lighting, and cleanliness\/trash cans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statistically-valid multimodal survey was conducted in the City of West Covina for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan between June 9 and June 16, 2025. The 400 household sample was developed from the census database and survey participants were randomly selected. The 8-minute survey was conducted with live U.S.-based interviewers by phone (38%) and online survey methods (62%). Phone &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/statistically-valid-multimodal-survey-results-are-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":2993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2995,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/2995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkstandards.com\/westcovinaparksmasterplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}