Project Type: Capstone Poll


Student Shopping Survey

The shopping and spending patterns of UA students were investigated in this 2020 online survey. It replicated surveys conducted in 2011 and 2015.

Contributors: Debra McCallum

Alabama’s Workforce

These statewide telephone surveys, conducted in collaboration with the Center for Business and Economic Research, assess the characteristics of Alabama’s workforce including levels of underemployment and unemployment.

Contributors: Michael Conaway Debra McCallum

Farm Theater: A Novel Safety Strategy Approach for Agricultural Communities

The increasing age of U.S. farmers, coupled with health challenges as age advances, create a high-risk work environment for older farmers. A preliminary study noted that the farm community desires to learn from each other, using stories and humor, rather than from age-based guidelines or brochures. A novel intervention, didactic readers theater is being tested among farm communities in the Southeast U.S. with farm couples ages 45 and over. The investigators partner with local agricultural…

Contributors: Debra McCallum Michael Conaway