PILOT NATIONAL SURVEY OF OLLI MEMBERSHIP Jack Hansen (OLLI at Furman University) Mike Brady (University of Southern Maine)

BACKGROUND Online survey of 14 questions – Demographic variables – Widely reported/speculated trends among retirees Relocation Employment Technology and social network utilization – Distance education experience – Topic preferences for OLLI courses

METHODOLOGY Membership of eight OLLI programs of different size, age, and part of the country (University of Southern Maine, U. Conn., Furman, Kansas, Colorado State, UC Irvine, San Francisco State, Boise State) Total of 2989 participants responding Analysis of composite results with emphasis on segmenting responses by age

COMPOSITE AGE DISTRIBUTION (PERCENT)

EDUCATION COMPLETED (NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS)

PERCENT IPAD AND FACEBOOK USE

DISTANCE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN PERCENT AND AGE

PERCENTAGE OF OLLI PARTICIPANTS WORKING OR LOOKING FOR WORK

PERCENT RELOCATION IN ANTICIPATION OF OR DURING RETIREMENT

MOST POPULAR TOPIC AREAS

TOPIC PREFERENCES (PERCENT)

POPULAR TOPIC PREFERENCES IN PERCENT BY GENDER

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Should these 14 questions be a core aspect of future research to understand trends in OLLI membership? If yes, how frequent should the survey be, and how many programs should be involved What other questions might be important to ask?

BACKUP SLIDES

TOPIC PREFERENCES (PERCENT)