Rural
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| Religion, Politics, and the Environment in Rural America Reflecting the heterogeneous nature of rural America, rural Americans are divided primarily along religious lines on their perspectives of environmental conservation and climate change. And as rural voters and environmental issues become key issues in the upcoming… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Religion, Rural |
| Measures and Methods: Four Tenets for Rural Economic Development in the New Economy Rural communities working to find strategies for success in today's economy need to rethink the tools they are using. Brown-Graham is the executive director of the Institute for Emerging Issues and a policy fellow at the Carsey Institute. William Lambe is the… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Community Development, Economic Development, Rural |
| Children in Central Cities and Rural Communities Experience High Rates of Poverty New U.S. Census Bureau data released in August highlight increasing similarities of poverty rates between children in urban and rural communities. This common indicator of child well-being is closely linked to undesirable outcomes in areas such as health, education,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Urban |
| Urban and Rural Children Experience Similar Rates of Low-Income and Poverty Data in this brief shows that the percentages of children living in low-income areas and poverty over the past fifteen years in rural and urban America are converging.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Low Income, Poverty, Rural, Urban |
| Population Growth in New Hispanic Destinations Natural increase—more births than deaths—is now the major engine of Hispanic population growth in many large metro areas and their suburbs, as well as numerous smaller metropolitan areas and rural communities. Hispanics now account for half of U.S. population growth… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Hispanics, Mortality, Race, Rural, Urban |
| 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 |
| A Profile of Latinos in Rural America Despite their traditional residence in U.S. urban areas, Latinos represent a large and growing segment of America's rural population. Using recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey (ACS), Saenz presents a profile of the… |
Demography | Demography, Hispanics, Rural |
| 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 |
