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Survey of Older Minnesotans
Results of the 2005 Survey of
Older Minnesotans now available!
In 2005
the Minnesota Board on Aging conducted a statewide
survey of persons aged 50 and over in Minnesota.
The MBA conducts such a survey approximately every
five years to monitor the changing needs, assets
and expectations of older persons in the state and
uses this information to improve the design and
targeting of public programs for older persons and
to help researchers and policy makers better
understand Minnesota’s older population.
The survey
includes questions in the following general areas:
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Economic status --
working, income sources, assets, attitudes about
work/retirement
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Health status --
general health, activities of daily living,
transportation
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Housing status --
own/rent, accommodations needed, living
arrangements, planning to move, housing conditions
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Family/social status --
children, friends, sources of support, community
and personal concerns
The column
on the left allows you to link directly to the
2005 Data Tables. You may also link to the
results from the earlier, 2001 statewide survey.
NOTE: The Data Tables are organized in
approximately the same order as they were asked of
respondents in the survey. The actual survey
questions are printed at the bottom of each table.
An asterisk (*) by any heading in the first column
indicates statistically significant differences
between/among sub-groups under that heading.
The percentages shown are rounded to one decimal
place and add to 100 percent across rows. Because
of rounding, however, percentages may not always
total 100%.
Survey methods: Who was
surveyed? When and how was the survey conducted?
Click here to
download
the 2005 Data Table (.pdf 452KB).
* Note: The Chi Square
statistic was used in all instances. Only
probabilities <.01 are marked by asterisks. Using
this standard, there is less than one chance in
one hundred that the observed differences could be
based on chance alone. |
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