Survey example: Citizen survey about cost of living concerns

This is an example of an AI survey about cost of living concerns for citizens. If you’re curious about how real-time follow-ups and a more human rapport can power richer public feedback, see and try the example now.

Creating effective citizen cost of living concerns surveys is tough—people tune out long forms, skip questions, and answers often lack depth. Traditional methods miss the conversational spark that draws out richer stories and perspectives.

Specific is at the forefront of conversational feedback, giving everyone access to advanced AI survey tools that feel like a natural dialogue. Every interactive demo and survey on this page is powered by Specific’s platform.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for citizens

Getting meaningful insight from citizens on cost of living is a genuine challenge. Traditional surveys might yield vague or incomplete answers, finger fatigue sets in, and the response rate suffers. We built Specific to flip this experience: it’s designed for the kind of back-and-forth we’d have face-to-face, where follow-up questions clarify and dig deeper—not just check boxes.

Let’s face it: conventional surveys regularly hit low response rates, hovering around 10–15%. That means most citizen voices go unheard and the data set is thin. By contrast, AI-powered conversational surveys—the ones generated and managed on Specific—see completion rates soaring to 70–90% thanks to their interactive, friendly approach. Respondents are less likely to bail mid-survey because the questions adapt and feel genuinely engaging. [1][2]

Here’s how AI survey generation changes the game:

Why use AI for citizen surveys?

• Adaptive questions: Each citizen gets a conversation tailored to their answers—not irrelevant filler.

• Faster insights: Automated analysis means you’re not waiting weeks for results. AI processes feedback in minutes or hours. [4]

• Higher engagement: Conversational flow feels like messaging, resulting in greater participation.

As a result, you get richer data with less hassle, and respondents aren’t stuck slogging through irrelevant questions. Specific’s AI survey generator gives you an unbeatable user experience, both for the team designing the survey and for every citizen on the other side.

If you’re thinking about designing your own survey, check out our full guide on how to create a citizen survey about cost of living concerns or start from scratch with our AI survey builder.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

What sets Specific apart is how the AI adapts mid-survey—asking smart follow-up questions in real time, like a seasoned interviewer. These on-the-fly prompts draw out the context behind every citizen’s answer and uncover insights that would be impossible to script in advance.

Here’s how it works: if a citizen’s answer is unclear, the AI responds immediately to probe deeper, ensuring you don’t end up with mysteries or gaps in the data. Compare for yourself:

• Citizen: “Costs feel higher lately—food is just expensive.”

• AI follow-up: “Could you share which foods have gone up the most for you, or when you first noticed this change?”

• Citizen: “I’m worried about paying my bills.”

• AI follow-up: “Which bills are the biggest concern, and have your monthly expenses changed significantly in the past year?”

If you skip these real-time follow-ups, it’s common to get vague replies and lose valuable details, or worse—end up emailing back and forth just to clarify a single point.

With automatic AI follow-up questions, surveys feel like real conversations, not cold forms. We encourage everyone to try generating a survey—seeing these conversational follow-ups in action is a game-changer that transforms the quality of citizen insights.

Ultimately, these dynamic follow-ups create the conversational survey experience we’re known for.

Easy editing, like magic

Once your survey is live, making changes is faster than ever. With Specific’s AI survey editor, you just tell it—literally—what you want changed, and the AI updates your citizen survey on the spot. No dragging boxes or puzzling over logic trees. The tedious work is handled for you, so designing and improving your cost of living survey takes seconds, not hours. Explain your goal in plain language, and the editor transforms your instructions into expert-level changes on the fly.

Flexible delivery for every use case

Specific lets you deliver your cost of living survey in the way that best matches your citizens’ context and your feedback goals. Consider these options:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Perfect for public opinion polling, local government outreach, or when you need feedback from citizens beyond digital product users. Distribute the link via email, SMS, or social media, and anyone—regardless of tech skills—can participate in the conversation.

• In-product surveys: Ideal for municipal apps, citizen portals, or social service platforms. You can target users in context, for example when they’re checking benefits or updating personal information, capturing cost of living feedback at the right moment.

Choose the delivery method that fits your city, town, or organization. If you need both reach and context, running them in parallel is a breeze.

AI-powered analysis: instant automated survey insights

Collecting citizen feedback is only half the battle—what you do with it matters most. With Specific, AI instantly analyzes survey responses, summarizes findings, and spots trends. No more digging through spreadsheets or waiting for a report; you get automated topic detection and the ability to chat directly with the AI to dive deep into the results. It’s the simplest way to handle AI survey analysis and automated survey insights for cost of living concerns. To explore our process, check out our resource on how to analyze citizen cost of living concerns survey responses with AI.

See this cost of living concerns survey example now

See what conversational surveys can do for citizen feedback on cost of living—try the example and experience richer responses, instant analysis, and a smarter way to engage your community.