The main goal is to find out what's going on out there in rural Iowa.
That was a fun question. A different way of looking at the extent people trust each other is that question. Again, that's normative behavior. I know growing up we never had our door locked. That has changed.
State level legislators can use these scientifically researched results to help make policy. It's a source of information to know what's going on in rural Iowa.
How does the community respond, and what are the social features in place?
