Q2. In your experience with the E-rate program during the past 3 years, how easy or difficult has it been for you to complete the following program requirements? |
i. Entering information in the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) online forms, such as the 470 and 471, including the Item 21 Attachment |
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| Very easy | Somewhat easy | Neither easy nor difficult | Somewhat difficult | Very difficult | Do not know or no experience within last 3 years | |||||||
| Type | Estimated percentage |
95 percent confidence interval |
Estimated percentage |
95 percent confidence interval |
Estimated percentage |
95 percent confidence interval |
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95 percent confidence interval |
Estimated percentage |
95 percent confidence interval |
Estimated percentage |
95 percent confidence interval |
| 1. All respondents | 16.9 | 13.5-20.3 | 35.7 | 31.4-40.0 | 18.0 | 14.6-21.5 | 22.0 | 18.3-25.7 | 5.3 | 3.5-7.6 | 2.1 | 1.0-3.8 |
| 2. Rural | 16.5 | 12.0-21.9 | 40.7 | 34.4-46.9 | 19.5 | 14.4-24.7 | 18.0 | 13.3-23.6 | 2.6 | 1.0-5.3 | 2.7 | 1.0-5.9 |
| 3. Urban | 17.2 | 12.7-22.6 | 31.3 | 25.4-37.1 | 16.7 | 12.3-21.9 | 25.6 | 20.1-31.1 | 7.6 | 4.7-11.7 | 1.6 | 0.5-3.8 |
| 4. Priority 1 funding only | 15.4 | 11.9-19.5 | 35.0 | 30.3-39.7 | 19.1 | 15.1-23.1 | 22.6 | 18.4-26.8 | 5.5 | 3.4-8.2 | 2.4 | 1.1-4.5 |
| 5. At least some priority 2 funding | 23.3 | 15.1-33.3 | 38.7 | 28.8-48.5 | 13.4 | 7.7-21.3 | 19.4 | 12.0-28.7 | 4.3 | 1.2-10.7 | 0.9 | 0.2-2.5 |
| 6. School district | 17.7 | 13.4-22.6 | 40.4 | 34.7-46.1 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.3 | 18.0 | 13.5-22.4 | 4.1 | 2.1-7.1 | 2.5 | 1.0-5.0 |
| 7. Library | 11.3 | 5.0-21.1 | 28.2 | 18.0-40.3 | 17.7 | 9.6-28.7 | 27.5 | 17.4-39.7 | 13.6 | 6.4-24.2 | 1.7 | 0.1-7.9 |
| 8. School | 17.9 | 11.5-25.9 | 28.0 | 20.1-36.0 | 19.8 | 13.2-27.8 | 29.0 | 20.8-37.2 | 3.8 | 1.2-8.9 | 1.5 | 0.2-4.9 |