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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)
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
FEMALE
MALE
EDUCATION COMPLETED(NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS)
Some Highschool
Highschool
Some College
College
Some Graduate School
Graduate School
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
90 and up85-8980-8475-7970-7465-6960-6455-5950-54Under 50
PERCENT IPAD AND FACEBOOK USE
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
iPad
DISTANCE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN PERCENT AND AGE
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
PERCENTAGE OF OLLI PARTICIPANTSWORKING OR LOOKING FOR WORK
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
PART TIMEFULL TIMELOOKING
PERCENT RELOCATION IN ANTICIPATION OF OR DURING RETIREMENT
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
5 BEFORE TO 4 AFTER
5 OR MORE AFTER
MOST POPULAR TOPIC AREAS
HISTORY
FINE ARTS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
LITERATURE
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
90 and up85-8980-8475-7970-7465-6960-6455-5950-54Under 50
TOPIC PREFERENCES (PERCENT)
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
HISTORYFINE ARTSLITERATURECURRENT AFFAIRSRELIGION AND PHILOS-OPHYHEALTH AND WELLNESS
POPULAR TOPIC PREFERENCES IN PERCENT BY GENDER
HISTORY
FINE ARTS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
LITERATURE
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
MENWOMEN
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)
90 and up
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
Under 50
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
FINE ARTSLITERATUREHISTORYCURRENT AFFAIRSHEALTH AND WELLNESSRELIGION AND PHILOS-OPHY
