Staying Fit
Making Suffolk County and Brookhaven Great Places to Live: The 2014 Livable Communities Surveys of AARP Members Age 50+ in Suffolk County and Brookhaven, New York explores members’ opinions about “aging in place” in their community.
Two separate mail surveys find that AARP members:
- believe it is important to have outdoor spaces and buildings in their community that allow access for people of different physical abilities
- mostly drive themselves to get around their community, and many believe it is important to have well-designed, safe streets that support all users
- want to stay healthy and therefore believe having good community health care facilities, services and providers is important
- want to have social activities and volunteer opportunities within their community
- want to work for as long as possible and believe it is important to have community supports that will enable them to do so
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The AARP New York state office commissioned a mail survey on livable communities of 499 AARP members age 50+ living in Suffolk County, New York. The sample was drawn from AARP’s membership database. The survey was fielded from May 2 through June 6, 2014. The sample was weighted by age and gender to reflect the actual distribution of AARP members age 50+ in Suffolk County, and the weighted number of responses is 460.
The AARP New York State Office also commissioned a mail survey on livable communities of 272 AARP members age 50+ living in Brookhaven, New York. The sample was also drawn from AARP’s membership database. The survey was fielded from May 2 through June 6, 2014. The sample was weighted by age and gender to reflect the actual distribution of AARP members age 50+ in Brookhaven, and the weighted number of responses is 255.
For more information, contact Joanne Binette at jbinette@aarp.org.
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