AARP Vital Voices Research, 2019–2021

By

Aisha Bonner Cozad

Kate Bridges, AARP Research

Cassandra Cantave Burton

AARP Vital Voices Research enables AARP state offices to gauge local opinions on a range of topics through regular surveys. Offered every three years, the surveys are a collaborative effort

between AARP researchers and state office staff. The timing of the online phone surveys, along with the content, is customized to reflect the needs of each state.

State offices can use survey data to determine older adults' interests and needs when they develop new programs, assess member awareness on certain topics, and support advocacy and outreach

efforts on legislative priorities.

View the above video to learn more about the Vital Voices project and how AARP is using it to support our work across the nation. 

For more information, please contact Aisha Bonner Cozad at [email protected]. For media inquiries, please contact External Relations at [email protected]. To access the latest Vital Voices data,

visit AARP Vital Voices Research, 2022–2024 and AARP Vital Voices Research, 2025-2027.

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State Reports, 2019–2021

Methodology Arizona Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Arkansas Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology California Chartbook Respondent

Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology

California Asian American/Pacific Islander Adults

California Hispanic/Latino Adults

Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Delaware Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology District of Columbia Chartbook Respondent Profile

Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Florida Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Georgia Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology African

American/Black Chartbook African American/Black Methodology Hawaii Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Idaho Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire

Methodology Illinois Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology

Chicago African American/Black Adults

Chicago Hispanic/ Latino Adults

Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Kansas Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Kentucky Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire

Methodology Louisiana Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Maine Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Maryland Chartbook Respondent

Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Massachusetts Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Michigan Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire

Methodology Minnesota Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Mississippi Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Missouri Chartbook

Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Montana Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Nebraska Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire

Methodology Nevada Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology New Hampshire Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology New Jersey Chartbook

Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology New Mexico Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology New York Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated

Questionnaire Methodology North Carolina Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology North Dakota Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Ohio

Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology

Ohio African American/Black Adults

Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Pennsylvania Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Puerto Rico Chartbook Respondent Profile

Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Rhode Island Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology South Carolina Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire

Methodology South Dakota Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Tennessee Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Texas Chartbook

Chartbook: Hispanic/Latino Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Utah Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Vermont Chartbook Respondent Profile

Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Virgin Islands Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Virginia Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology

Washington State Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology West Virginia Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Wisconsin Chartbook

Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology Wyoming Chartbook Respondent Profile Annotated Questionnaire Methodology

Suggested citation:

Bonner Cozad, Aisha, Kate Bridges, and Cassandra Cantave. AARP Vital Voices Research, 2019-2021. Washington, DC: AARP Research, March 2021. https://doi.org/10.26419/res.00351.000

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