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February 1, 2002

From: Stephen Hearne, Research Committee

Method of Data Collection: A sample of 240 faculty members from the San Mateo County Community College District responded to an on-line "Quality of Life" survey.

The survey questions were developed by Katharine Harer and the Research Committee. Nick Kapp orchestrated the data collection.

Results

Full time 73%
Part time 27%

Full-Timers 20
Part-Timers 17

The average time spent commuting round trip to work each day is 1 hour and 22 minutes.

Own a home 69%
Do not own a home 31%

For renters, the mean average portion of income that goes towards rent is 36%
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Question: Have you ever considered applying for a job outside the district, after you became a district employee?

HOUSING

Question: Is your housing adequate for your needs? Please indicate 1-5 with 1 being the least adequate, and 5 being the most adequate.

The mean average rating was 4.0.

Rating Percent

1. 2%
2. 10%
3. 19%
4. 29%
5. 40%

A frequency distribution of scores is shown below.

Question: Are you content in your work? Please indicate 1-5 with 1 being the least content, and 5 being the greatest contentment.

The mean average rating was 3.7.

Rating Percent

1. 2%
2. 11%
3. 25%
4. 40%
5. 22%

A frequency distribution of scores is shown below.

One statistical question is, "Is there a correlation between the number of semesters worked and contentment?" A statistical analysis shows that they are not correlated. In another analysis, the faculty was broken up into groups based upon full-time or part-time work and the correlation between semesters worked and contentment was calculated. Neither correlation was significant.

Another question is, "Is there a difference between the average contentment of full-timers and part-timers?" An independent samples t-test shows no significant difference between these two groups on contentment.

Question: Is compensation for office hours an issue that concerns you? Please indicate 1-5 with 1 being the least concern, and 5 being the greatest concern.

The mean average rating was 3.3.

Rating Percent

1. 23%
2. 6%
3. 14%
4. 30%
5. 27%

A frequency distribution of scores is shown below.

Question: The following seven topics are issues that the union would like to address in the upcoming negotiations. You can help the union by ranking the following seve issues in your order of preference. A score of 1 is the highest ranking and a score of 7 is the lowest ranking.

Money was ranked as the most important issue while Demands of Committee Work ranked as the least important issue. A summary of the results in rank order is shown below.

• Money
• Retirement
• Health Benefits
• Sabbaticals
• Job Security
• Tenure
• Committee Work
  
  

Question: Have you ever applied for a teaching position outside the district while in your current position?

45% of respondents answered YES

Question: Do you think you will purchase a house in the next 10 years?

48% of the respondents answered YES

Question: Do you think that you can purchase a home in San Mateo County with your current salary?

Only 4% of respondents answered YES

Percentage of Home Ownership by Work Status and Length of Employment

FULL-TIME WITH 7 OR LESS SEMESTERS

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FULL-TIME WITH 8 OR MORE SEMESTERS

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PART-TIME WITH 7 OR LESS SEMESTERS

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