Vulnerable Families Research Program
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Place Matters Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas A survey of 7,800 rural Americans in 19 counties across the country has led to the Carsey Institute's first major publication that outlines four distinctly different rural Americas—amenity, decline, chronic poverty, and those communities in decline that are also… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Environment, Housing, Public Opinion, Race |
| Rural Youth are More Likely to be Idle Rural young adults, ages 18-24, are more likely to be idle not in school, the labor force, or the Armed Forces than their urban counterparts. Among rural high school dropouts and racial-ethnic minorities, rates of idleness are even more pronounced.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Rural, Young Adults |
| EITC is Vital for Working-Poor Families in Rural America In the 2004 tax year, tax filers claimed almost $40 billion through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), making the EITC one of the largest federal programs that provides cash supports to low-income working families in the United States. The EITC is especially… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Tax |
| Employment Rates Higher Among Rural Mothers Than Urban Mothers As men's jobs in traditional rural industries, such as agriculture, natural resource extraction, and manufacturing disappear due to restructuring of rural labor markets, the survival of the family increasingly depends on women's waged labor. Rural mothers… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Employment, Family, Rural, Urban, Women |
| Rural America in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Field (Report to the Rural Assembly) Rural America in the twenty-first century must develop new relationships and new ways of doing things to ensure an economically prosperous, socially just, and environmentally healthy future. Tapping into the resourcefulness and creativity of rural people will be… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Rural |
| Rural Soldiers Continue to Account for Disproportionately High Share of U.S. Casualities in Iraq and Afghanistan When the nation goes to war, all Americans are expected to make sacrifices. Today's rural Americans, however, have fewer job opportunities within their communities, and are joining the military at higher rates. In turn, rural communities are facing military… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Mortality, Rural, Young Adults |
| Child Poverty High in Rural America On August 28, 2007, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey show that 22 percent of rural children are living in poverty, up from 19 percent in 2000. On average, rates are highest in the nonmetropolitan South (27 percent) and have… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| Food Stamp and School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity in Rural America The Food Stamp and the National School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Food Assistance, Rural, Safety Net, Young Adults |
| Low Wages Prevalent In Direct Care and Child Care Workforce The large-scale movement of women into the paid labor market has brought sweeping change into family life and also in who cares for the elderly and children. This brief studies workers in two low wage, predominantly female care-giving occupations plagued with high… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Employment, Women |
| Rural Children Increasingly Rely on Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Programs for Medical Care Despite a flurry of reports on health insurance coverage for children, virtually none of them have examined the unique situation of rural families where one-fifth of all the nation's poor children live. This brief takes an in-depth look at the health insurance… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health, Health Insurance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
