Poll: Rural residents really like their towns
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The Nebraska Rural Poll suggests Nebraskans like living where they do and that the smaller their community, the more they like it.
The poll results released Thursday said 73 percent of rural Nebraskans rate their communities as friendly, 61 percent say the communities are trusting and 67 percent say they're supportive.
Around 66 percent of them agreed with the statement that their communities are very special to them.
The survey also says that the smaller the community, the stronger those feelings were.
The findings are consistent with previous surveys.
Surveys were mailed to about 6,200 households in Nebraska's 84 rural counties last March. Results are based on 2,496 responses.
On the Net:
Rural Poll: http://cari.unl.edu/ruralpoll/
The poll results released Thursday said 73 percent of rural Nebraskans rate their communities as friendly, 61 percent say the communities are trusting and 67 percent say they're supportive.
Around 66 percent of them agreed with the statement that their communities are very special to them.
The survey also says that the smaller the community, the stronger those feelings were.
The findings are consistent with previous surveys.
Surveys were mailed to about 6,200 households in Nebraska's 84 rural counties last March. Results are based on 2,496 responses.
On the Net:
Rural Poll: http://cari.unl.edu/ruralpoll/
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