BRC Census Population Analysis, 2013-2018

Life in BRC

Experiences in Black Rock City, Community as Family, and Money Handling

Experiences in Black Rock City

Evaluation of Enjoyment of Experience* in Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* The exact wording of this question in the online survey was, "How much did you enjoy your experience this year in Black Rock City?"

2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018
Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %
Not at All 0.2 0.0   0.2 0.0   0.1 0.0   0.1 0.0   0.4 0.2   0.1 0.0
A Little Bit 0.9 0.2   1.4 0.2   1.9 0.4   1.5 0.4   2.0 0.4   1.2 0.2
Somewhat 7.8 0.6   8.0 0.6   10.5 0.8   6.6 0.8   9.9 0.8   7.1 0.6
A Lot 33.2 1.0   34.4 1.0   35.3 1.2   34.3 1.4   36.0 1.6   35.2 1.2
Extremely 58.0 1.0   56.0 1.2   52.2 1.2   57.5 1.4   51.7 1.6   56.4 1.4

Experiences in Black Rock City

Evaluation of Feelings of Safety* in Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* The exact wording of this question in the online survey was, "Did you feel safe in Black Rock City this year?"

2015   2016   2017   2018
Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %
Very Unsafe 0.0 0.0   0.1 0.0   0.2 0.2   0.2 0.2
Mostly Unsafe 0.3 0.2   0.2 0.2   0.5 0.2   0.4 0.2
Neither Safe nor Unsafe 3.0 0.4   1.9 0.4   2.8 0.6   2.2 0.4
Mostly Safe 25.9 1.2   23.5 1.2   27.6 1.4   25.3 1.2
Very Safe 70.8 1.2   74.2 1.2   68.9 1.4   71.8 1.2

Experiences in Black Rock City

Evaluation of Feelings of Connectedness* in Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* The exact wording of the question in the online survey was, "Did you feel connected to others around you in Black Rock City this year?"

2015   2016   2017   2018
Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %
Very Disconnected 0.6 0.2   0.6 0.2   0.8 0.2   0.5 0.2
Mostly Disconnected 4.5 0.6   2.9 0.4   4.0 0.6   3.7 0.6
Neither Connected nor Disconnected 11.1 0.8   9.4 0.8   10.8 1.0   10.7 0.8
Mostly Connected 46.2 1.2   46.3 1.4   50.8 1.6   48.0 1.4
Very Connected 37.7 1.2   40.7 1.4   33.7 1.6   37.1 1.4

Evaluation of Burning Man Community as Family*

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* The exact wording of the question in the online survey was, "Do you consider the Burner community a family?" This question was not included in the 2016 online survey.

2015   2016   2017   2018
Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %
Not at All 2.9 0.4   NA NA   2.8 0.6   2.4 0.4
A Little Bit 8.6 0.8   NA NA   17.8 1.2   16.8 1.0
Somewhat 25.6 1.2   NA NA   26.1 1.4   25.5 1.2
A Lot 33.0 1.2   NA NA   35.3 1.6   35.0 1.2
Extremely 29.9 1.2   NA NA   17.9 1.2   20.2 1.0

Money Handling While in Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

2017   2018
Percent MoE +/- %   Percent MoE +/- %
Never 29.0 1.6   36.2 1.4
Once 25.4 1.4   25.5 1.2
2-3 Times 30.9 1.4   28.6 1.2
4-5 Times 9.1 1.0   5.8 0.6
5+ Times 5.6 0.6   3.9 0.4

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