Participant Perceptions and Decision-Making

Concerning Retirement Benefits Survey

 

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Data on this survey is still being collected. Preliminary results will be presented to the Social Security Administration on August 9, 2007. Full survey results will be available at a later date.

Click here to view a PDF of the survey questionnaire.

 

ABOUT THIS STUDY

This research study is being conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the cooperation of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System (NPERS).  The principal investigator for the study is Professor Colleen E. Medill at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law. This research study has been fully funded by a research grant from the Social Security Administration that is administered by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. 

The research study will survey more than 1,600 individuals who either retired or terminated employment with the State of Nebraska in 1997 and who were eligible at that time to receive a distribution of their vested retirement benefits from the NPERS.  The purpose of the study is to learn more about the factors that individuals consider when making decisions concerning their retirement benefits. Individual survey answers will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to the NPERS.  Survey responses will be combined and reported only as statistical summaries.

Participation in the study is voluntary. All participants can withdraw at any time without harming their relationship with the researchers, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, or the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System.  For questions about this study, please contact the Bureau of Sociological Research at (800) 480-4549 or by e-mail at bosr@unl.edu or Professor Colleen E. Medill, principal investigator, at (402) 472-1206 or by e-mail at cmedill2@unl.edu.  Questions regarding your rights as a research participant should be directed to the UNL Institutional Review Board at (402) 472-6965.

To view Professor Colleen E. Medill's faculty Web page, click here.