March 29, 2007
Rural Poll To Focus on Retirement Issues
LINCOLN, Neb. — Retirement attitudes and plans are among the issues that will be explored in the 2007 Nebraska Rural Poll.
This is the 12th year University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have surveyed rural views. Questionnaires were mailed this week to about 7,000 randomly selected households in Nebraska's 84 rural counties. Researchers will analyze and report results this summer.
Retirement is a particularly timely topic in Nebraska, said Randy Cantrell, UNL rural sociologist and one of the Rural Poll team members.
"The first of over 350,000 Nebraska baby boomers will reach retirement age in the next five years," he said. "When, where and under what circumstances individuals choose to leave Nebraska’s labor force will have a profound impact on the future of our state. What we learn today concerning their plans can help us in planning for that impact."
The 2007 poll also will explore rural Nebraskans’ attitudes about immigration enforcement and the effects of globalization.
Each year, the poll asks core questions about community, quality of life and personal well-being to track rural trends and changes over time, said Becky Vogt, the poll's manager.
Each poll also asks policy-related questions that change annually. The Rural Poll team annually meets with advisers, including policy makers and organizational leaders, to get input on timely issues for inclusion in the survey.
The university's Center for Applied Rural Innovation conducts the poll in cooperation with the Rural Initiative and Public Policy Center with funding from the Partnership for Rural Nebraska and UNL Extension and the Agricultural Research Division in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Becky Vogt
Center for Applied Rural Innovation
Nebraska Rural Poll Project Manager
(402) 329-4821
Bruce Johnson - Ph.D.
Agricultural Economics
Professor
(402) 472-1794
Randy Cantrell - Ph.D.
Center for Applied Rural Innovation
Professor
(402) 472-1772
Dan Moser IANR News & Photography Coordinator (402) 472-3007
Department: Center for Applied Rural Innovation
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