Rural
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Data Snapshot: SNAP Declines Continue in 2016, but Not for Rural Places In 2016, 12.4 percent of households reported Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) receipt, down 0.4 percentage point from 2015. Similar declines in suburbs and cities drove the national decrease, but the 14.8 percent of rural households… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Food Assistance, Rural, Safety Net, Urban |
| Concentrated Poverty Increased in Both Rural and Urban Areas Since 2000, Reversing Declines in the 1990s The number of nonmetropolitan counties with high poverty rates increased between the 2000 Decennial Census and 2011–2015 (hereafter 2013) American Community Survey (ACS), and so did the share of the rural population residing in these disadvantaged areas. Over this… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Poverty, Rural, Urban |
| "Not very many options for the people who are working here" In this brief, we use interview and focus group data to describe some of the ways that restricted rural housing stock affects working families in two rural New England counties, and explore solutions proposed by rural residents and experts to make housing affordable… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Housing, Rural, Safety Net |
| Employment, Poverty, and Public Assistance in the Rural United States When asked to describe the rural United States, people usually mention serene and sprawling farmlands, rolling hills, open spaces, and safe, idyllic communities in which to raise children.1 Although there are a lot of acres in rural America, just 6 percent of rural… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Poverty, Rural |
| Three in Ten Rural and Urban Medicaid Recipients Affected by Potential Work Requirements The Affordable Care Act in 2010 gave states the option to expand Medicaid access to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Thus more able-bodied and working adults have become eligible for Medicaid. In addition, several states have… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Urban |
| Beyond Urban Versus Rural In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, commentators focused on the political polarization separating residents of urban and rural America. Certainly rural–urban differences are only one of several factors that contributed to the surprising 2016 outcome,… |
Demography | Demography, Politics and Elections, Rural, Urban |
| Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Rural and Urban Places In recent years, researchers have documented the changing demographics of rural areas, with a specific focus on changes in racial-ethnic composition and immigration patterns, particularly the increased migration of Hispanics to rural places. In spite of this… |
Demography | Demography, Poverty, Race, Rural, Urban |
| Child Poverty Higher and More Persistent in Rural America The negative consequences of growing up in a poor family are well known. Poor children are less likely to have timely immunizations, have lower academic achievement, are generally less engaged in school activities, and face higher delinquency rates in adolescent… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| Rural Adolescents Are More Likely Than Their Urban Peers to Abuse Prescription Painkillers U.S. media and popular culture historically portrayed drug abuse as an urban problem, but in recent years, there has been more media attention on rural drug issues. Part of this growing attention pertains to the growing epidemic of narcotic painkiller abuse in rural… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Drugs, Health, Rural, Substance Abuse, Young Adults |
| Red Rural, Blue Rural Political commentators routinely treat rural America as an undifferentiated bastion of strength for Republicans. In fact, rural America is a deceptively simple term describing a diverse collection of places encompassing nearly 75 percent of the U.S. land area and 50… |
Demography | Demography, Politics and Elections, Rural |
