Gwangyang City, Citizen Satisfaction with City Administration... 83.3% of Citizens Report 'Satisfied'

Maintaining Over 80% High Satisfaction Continuously During the 6th and 7th Minseon Terms

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] In a municipal satisfaction survey conducted by Gwangyang City, 83.3% of citizens expressed overall satisfaction with the city administration.

The survey was commissioned to a research specialist agency and conducted from the 1st to the 28th of last month targeting residents of Gwangyang City.

The survey sample was proportional to the population by region, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

The municipal satisfaction rated by citizens was 83.3%, slightly increased compared to the previous year, showing a high satisfaction rate of over 80% annually, and residential satisfaction also maintained a high rate of 88.1%.

This is analyzed to be due to the child-rearing and educational environment created by building a city good for raising children, and the residential natural environment as a mixed urban-rural city.

The development achievements of the 6th and the 3rd year of the 7th elected administration were also surveyed.

Citizens identified the most developed area during the period as "improvement of child-rearing environment including birth support (23.4%)," followed by "expansion of city finances due to achieving a budget of 1 trillion won (19.8%)," and "improvement of living residential environment through urban development (12.9%)."

Regarding the areas that need the most improvement to enhance quality of life, "expansion of medical facilities such as general hospitals (46.8%)" ranked highest again this year, and the areas that require the most effort to build a city where all citizens are happy, including child happiness, youth hope, women-friendly, and senior health, were women-friendly (31.5%), youth jobs (23%), and child care (14%) in that order.

For priority areas to promote safety and citizen health, infectious disease prevention projects (23.6%) and mental health projects (23%) accounted for the highest proportions.

This is analyzed to reflect the emotional state of anxiety and depression (Corona Blue) experienced by citizens due to COVID-19.

For priority areas to revitalize the local economy and develop as an economic city, job creation (48%) and investment attraction (12.3%) ranked highest, and for priority areas to secure future competitiveness and new growth engines, the most responses were for creating jobs tailored to local industries (60.5%).

Additionally, in the satisfaction survey results for 60 representative policy projects presented by 48 departments of Gwangyang City, the satisfaction rate was 75%, slightly lower than last year, with "Jeonnam's first, Gwangyang City's emergency disaster living expenses payment" ranking first with 88.9% satisfaction, and "creating an environment to overcome low birthrate" receiving high evaluations.

Kim Bok-deok, Director of Planning and Budget Office, said, "Various opinions from citizens were presented during this survey process, and there is high expectation and interest in the policy projects promoted by the city," adding, "The city will use these survey results as data to set the direction of city administration and will do its best to actively respond to various changes in demand so that Gwangyang City becomes more satisfying and further developed for its citizens."

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