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Demographic and Socioeconomic Changes in Rural Youth
Document examines trends affecting children's well-being, including indicators of economic well-being, physical health, academic achievement, and social behavior.
Perspectives on 1980-1990 Demographic Changes in America
Report reviews three approaches that propose to explain redistribution reversals of the 1970s.
Family and Household Structure and Change in Rural America
Paper explores changing family structures in Rural America.
An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
Report is an effort to clarify the wastewater facility needs of rural and rural poor communities to assess the outlook for addressing these needs in light of changing environmental regulations.
Elderly Rural Americans
Document provides implications of a large and growing elderly population in Rural America, specifically.
Internal Migration and Population Redistribution
Report examines population redistribution in the 1970s pointing to several factors: 1970s energy crisis and labor force shift to mining, scattering of manufacturing into nonmetro areas, increased favorable views about rural life, increasing importance of recreation.
The Interpenetration of Rural and Urban America
Author seeks to pose questions concerning definition of rural and urban America. Researcher focuses on defining rural America.
Creating Rural Opportunity: A State Rural Economic & Community Development Policy Academy, A Progress Report on the First Year of a Three Year Project
Materials provide detailed report on the first year of a three year project entitled the "state Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy.
Computer Services in the Rural Economy
Report provides an overview of the computer services industry in rural economies, examines the importance of computer software development and programming services to rural development, and delves into prospective for data entry and processing as potential growth sectors for rural employment.
Local Economic Development and State Government’s Role
Survey is designed to obtain answers to questions regarding local and state government roles in economic development.
The Uneven Spatial Development of Rural Sociology
Paper argues that part of the problem of uneven development of rural regions stems from an inadequate understanding of the spatial dimension.
Rural Telecommunications Initiative Agenda
Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.