April 8-11, 2010: Gallup Poll—Nationwide poll asks respondents to estimate their post-retirement reliance on Social Security.
“When youretire, how much do you expect to rely on each of the following sources of money–willit be a major source of income, a minor source of income, or not a source atall? How about…Social Security?”
34% Major source
46% Minor source
20% Not a source
* No opinion
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of those notretired. * = less than .5%.
Methodology: Conducted by Gallup Organization, April 8 -April 11, 2010 and based on 1,020 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult.Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones forrespondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents whoare cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10ARL008.R20A]
FormalCitation
GallupPoll, Apr, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Centerfor Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html