Description:
The 2003 Community Needs Survey was designed to measure the extent of unmet human services needs for an estimated 294,200 households and 746,400 Mecklenburg County residents. Following this
introduction, an Executive Summary (Section II) gives an overview of the entire report. The summary is designed to provide highlights for those who want a brief synopsis of the survey results by service type.
The Summary of the Findings (Section III) provides a more detailed overview of survey findings. These findings include the current assessment of unmet household and individual needs and longitudinal
comparisons to the 1984, 1989, 1993, 1996, and 1999 surveys, where applicable. This section begins with a demographic profile of Mecklenburg County households and residents as estimated by Claritas, Inc. In order to assist the reader, survey questions are included exactly as they were asked by the interviewer. Questions are reported in nine sections based on the following types of human services needs:
• Transportation needs
• Counseling needs
• Health care concerns
• Social, monetary and employment discrimination
• Children’s needs
• Basic household needs
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