The Delta Rural Poll –
a service by and for
the people of the
Mississippi Delta.

Introduction:

Publications       Presentations       Annual Reports       Press Coverage       Partnerships
Introduction to
the Delta Rural Poll
(Paper)

 Introduction to
the Delta Rural Poll
(Slideshow)

 Annual Surveys:

 2009 Delta Rural Poll

 2007 Delta Rural Poll

 2005 Delta Rural Poll

 2003 Delta Rural Poll


Recent Research Publications:

 Journal Article: Economics and Health

Research Report: The 2007 Delta Rural Poll
Recent Policy Publications:

 Policy Brief: Smoking Bans

Policy Brief: Attitudes about Heritage Tourism

 Policy Brief: Heritage Tourism by Delta Residents

 Coming Soon:

 Research Report: Youth Development Programs

 

The Delta Rural Poll is a project of the Center for Community and Economic Development at Delta State University.
 


Funding for the Delta Rural Poll is provided by:
    •Social Science Research Center at
       Mississippi State University
    •Mid-South Delta Consortium

DSU Faculty Members Who
Work on the Delta Rural Poll:

 Dr. Alan W. Barton
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Community Development
Director, Delta Rural Poll
Dr. John J. Green
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Community Development
Director, Institute for Community Based Research
Dr. Albert B. Nylander, III
Professor, Sociology and Community Development
Chair, Division of Social Sciences

 Dr. Paulette Meikle-Yaw
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Community Development

 Dr. Debarashmi Mitra
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Community Development
Dr. Leslie Fadiga-Stewart
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Delta Data:
Demographic Information from the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Surveys

 Attitudes About Smoking Bans (2007)

 Perceptions of Social Problems (2007)

Social Capital Indicators (2007)

Visitation to Heritage Tourism Sites by Delta Residents (2005)

 

The Delta Rural Poll
is conducted in
eleven northwestern
Mississippi counties:
 Tunica
Quitman
Coahoma
Tallahatchie
Bolivar
Sunflower
Leflore
Washington
Humphreys
Sharkey
Issaquena
Attitudes About Heritage Tourism (2005)
 

For more information on the Delta Rural Poll,
contact:
 

Dr. Alan Barton
Division of Social Sciences
P.O. Box 3264
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS  38733
Tel: (662) 846-4097

Fax: (662) 846-4099

E-mail:  abarton@deltastate.edu
 
 
The Delta Rural Poll webpage is maintained by Alan Barton, Delta State University.
Last Update:  Feb. 13, 2008, 9:30 pm