Q12. A list of suggestions that beneficiaries and school and library associations have made to improve the E-rate program follows. To what extent do you favor or oppose each of these suggestions?
j. Require both service providers and beneficiaries to sign the Form 474, Service Provider Invoice Form.

  Question
choices
  Strongly favor Somewhat favor Neither favor nor oppose Somewhat oppose Strongly oppose Not applicable or do not know
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1. All respondents 10.9 8.3-14.0 14.4 11.2-17.6 37.8 33.4-42.2 7.3 5.1-10.0 8.0 5.7-10.9 21.5 17.8-25.2
2. Rural 8.8 5.6-13.1 15.0 10.6-20.3 38.2 32.0-44.5 6.1 3.4-10.2 10.8 7.1-15.7 21.0 15.7-26.4
3. Urban 12.8 8.9-17.6 13.9 9.8-19.0 37.4 31.3-43.5 8.3 5.2-12.4 5.6 3.0-9.3 22.0 16.8-27.1
4. Priority 1 funding only 7.9 5.3-11.1 13.3 10.0-17.2 39.1 34.2-44.1 7.8 5.3-11.0 8.3 5.7-11.5 23.7 19.4-28.0
5. At least some priority 2 funding 24.2 15.9-34.2 19.4 11.9-28.9 32.0 22.7-41.3 5.1 1.8-11.3 7.0 2.6-14.7 12.3 6.5-20.5
6. School district 10.2 7.0-14.4 14.9 10.9-19.6 40.5 34.8-46.3 7.4 4.6-11.1 8.0 5.1-11.9 18.9 14.4-23.6
7. Library 5.1 1.3-13.2 13.0 6.2-23.3 34.0 22.8-45.2 9.7 3.8-19.3 10.9 4.7-20.9 27.2 17.2-39.3
8. School 15.4 9.8-22.7 14.0 8.4-21.5 33.2 24.8-41.6 5.9 2.5-11.4 6.6 2.9-12.8 24.9 17.5-33.6