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Rebecca Vogt
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Rebecca Vogt, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Bradley Lubben, L.J. McElravy, Tim Meyer, Steve Schulz, and Jason L. Weigle
Exploring the Nebraska Rural Poll
2020
UNL Department of Agricultural Economics,
The Nebraska Rural Poll was initiated in 1996.
Over the past 24 years, input has been gathered from
over 64,000 nonmetropolitan Nebraskans.
102 separate reports have been produced covering 31
unique topics
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 P e r c e n t Year
All things considered, do you think that you are (or will be) better or worse off Percent Responding "Better Off" or "Much Better Off”
Compared to 5 years ago Ten years from now
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 P e r c e n t YEAR
Reported Level of Satisfaction with Social Services in Community: 1996 - 2019 Percent Indicating "Satisfied" or "Very Satisfied"
Nursing home care Medical care services Senior centers
20
15
22
24
20
60
72
64
72
73
20
13
14
4
7
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%Less than 500
500 - 999
1,000 - 4,999
5,000 - 9,999
10,000 and up
How Internet Service Limits Ability to Stream Online Video Content by
Community Size, 2018
Some questions have been repeated at various
intervals of time
Changes in Opinions about Climate Change
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Human activity, including industry and transportation, is a significant cause of climate change.
Global climate change requires immediate action by the government. Current climate change is due to normal climate patterns. It is my responsibility to help reduce the impacts of global climate
change.
We will have to change our lifestyles to reduce energy consumption.
65 53 37 70 84 54 38 47 59 70 2013 2008
70 82 77 33 44 38 48 75 79 53 70 65 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
I am confident having a high school diploma can lead to a good job
I am confident having an associate's degree can lead to a good job
I am confident that having a bachelor's degree can lead to a good job
Increasing the number of people who get college degrees is necessary to build a strong economy
Getting a college education today is more important than it was 10 yrs ago In order to get ahead in life these days, it's necessary for a person to get a college education
Opinions about Education, 2015 and 2019
2015
2019
All Nebraska Rural Poll reports from 1996
through 2019 can be found as PDF files here:
http://ruralpoll.unl.edu/
Supported by: Nebraska Extension, Nebraska Rural Futures Institute, UNL Department of Agricultural Economics.
