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of the 4,595 households located within Hugo. Surveys were asked to be <br />completed by the head of the household or the co-head of household. See <br />Appendix A for a copy of the survey. <br />Respondents answered questions about whether or not they had visited <br />parks and recreation facilities in Hugo, as well as if they or anyone in their <br />household had participated in a recreation program offered to Hugo <br />residents; what they thought about the fees associated with the recreational <br />programs; the quality of the recreational programs; what new recreational <br />programs should be offered; and how well the parks and recreation facilities <br />in Hugo were maintained. In addition, they answered questions related to <br />what facilities Hugo should build in the next five years and how they should <br />be paid for; willingness to pay taxes for new facilities; willingness to pay <br />fees to visit a facility; the importance of parks to the overall quality of life in <br />Hugo; the types of parks that should or should not be built; and <br />demographic information about themselves. <br />Mailing and data collection were conducted from December 4, 2009, to <br />February 5, 2010. Surveys were mailed out twice and followed Minnesota <br />Center for Survey Research's mail survey protocol.' The first survey was <br />mailed on December 6, 2009. This mailing was followed up with a postcard <br />reminding recipients of the survey about the importance of their input on <br />parks and recreation and asking them to fill out and return the survey. <br />Recipients who did not return their surveys after the first mailing or after the <br />reminder postcard were mailed a second survey (identical to the first) on <br />January 6, 2010, as a final attempt to receive a response. Of the 710 <br />surveys mailed, 25 surveys were returned to sender thus leaving a sample <br />size of 685. Questionnaires were completed and returned by 346 <br />households, with an overall response rate of 50.5%. <br />Response frequencies for all respondents can be found in Appendix C, <br />response frequencies for rural residents of Hugo can be found in Appendix D, <br />and response frequencies for urban residents of Hugo can be found in <br />Appendix E. <br />1 Minnesota Center for Survey Research's approach to mail surveys is based on the <br />definitive protocol established by Donald A. Dillman in Mail and Telephone Surveys: The <br />Total Design Method. New York: Wiley, 1978. <br />