Chicago Public Pensioners Question Title * 1. Gender Male Female OK Question Title * 2. What is your contact information? Name Company City/Town State/Province -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming ZIP/Postal Code Email Address Phone Number OK Question Title * 3. Are you or your spouse currently employed or have previously ever been employed by an office or agency in the public sector, such as federal, state or local government (including school districts)? Please select one. Yes – Me Yes – My spouse Yes – Both No OK Question Title * 4. Which public sector level of government are you or your spouse currently or have previously been employed by? Federal Government State Government County and/or City Government Not applicable Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 5. Do you or your spouse participate in an Illinois public sector pension fund? Participation in a pension fund is defined as one of the following: Actively contributing to a fund, Actively collecting benefits/income from a fund, OR Holding assets but not currently contributing/collecting assets Yes - me or my spouse participate in a public-sector pension No - neither myself nor my spouse participate in a public-sector pension OK Question Title * 6. Do you or your spouse participate in a public sector pension fund as a result of working in Illinois public schools? [IF no: What is or was your or your spouse’s occupation to receive an Illinois public sector pension fund?] Yes No OK Question Title * 7. In what year were you born? OK Question Title * 8. At what age did you retire from your public sector job? Before 40 40 – 45 46 – 49 50 – 54 55 – 59 60 – 64 65 – 69 70 – 74 75 – 79 80+ I have not retired and continue to work OK Question Title * 9. What is the highest level of education you have completed to date? High school graduate Less than high school Some college/vocational school College graduate Post graduate Don’t Know/refused OK Question Title * 10. How satisfied are you with how your public pension fund is being managed? Extremely satisfied Moderately satisfied Slightly satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Slightly dissatisfied Moderately dissatisfied Extremely dissatisfied OK Question Title * 11. Do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, Independent or something else? Strong Republican Not-so-strong Republican Independent lean Republican Independent Independent lean Democrat Not-so-strong Democrat Strong Democrat Don’t know/refused OK Question Title * 12. What is your ethnicity? White or Caucasian Hispanic or Latino African-American or Black Asian-American or Asian Native American (INCLUDES: American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander) Other (Please specify) OK Question Title * 13. Have you participated in a focus group in the past 3 months? Yes No OK Question Title * 14. And lastly, I want to switch gears and ask you one question that’s a little different. Please tell me the last place you went on vacation. Also tell me the best part of the vacation (the highlight of the trip) and the worst part of the trip (perhaps something that didn’t go as planned). OK Question Title * 15. Please provide a link to your Linkedin profile. If not available, indicate n/a. OK Question Title * 16. What is your occupation? (job title, company and responsibilities) OK DONE