Initial questions

For the purposes of a 5 question survey, it might be easiest to just focus on homelessness. I agree with Grace's point that it might exclude an important group, could we just say "including those living in government subsidized housing"?

On the other hand if we do go with a more general poverty, we could get into territory more about potential redistribution of wealth/wealth being heavily concentrated in a small population.

Based on the questions people have been proposing, I think that we're leaning more towards homelessness, and thinking about areas where poverty is concentrated, rather than the inequality across a larger population.

What do you guys think?

(p.s. I agree with Grace, this is great!)

I definitely think that an attitude-gauging question like the one that Elise suggested is a good idea. So maybe we could pose a question about how a respondent feels about the causes of poverty in general with a focus on personal responsibility, followed by a question that focuses more on government responsibility.

Also, maybe we should think about whether or not/how we want to ask about the kinds of addiction issues, like the safe-injection site question Darren brought up.

I think Alanna has a good point - since we are limited to only 5 questions, focusing on the homeless may be a good idea. I'm not sure what Elise meant by "including those living in government subsidized housing" though, could you explain? I also think it would be good to start with a question about how a respondent feels in general about the causes of poverty. I really liked Grace's initial question, since it really gauges into how much knowledge people have about the homeless in Vancouver. What do you guys think?