Family & Youth
Health Care Service Utilization for Mixtec Migrant Farmworkers
Report examines barriers to adequate health care for migrant farmworker families from rural, indigenous Mexico.
NEW FACTORY WORKERS IN OLD FARMING COMMUNITIES: Costs and Consequences of Relocating Meat Industries
This document is a collection of papers from an April 1992 conference on "New Factory Workers in Old Farming Communities: Costs and Consequences of Relocating Meat Industries." The conference was sponsored by the University of Kansas and co-sponsored by other universities, with funding from The Ford Foundation in cooperation with The Aspen Institute's Rural Economic Policy Program.
Rural Family Economic Success: A Community Action Idea Book
This document, "STRENGTHENING RURAL FAMILIES: A COMMUNITY ACTION IDEABOOK," introduces the Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) model, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and compiled by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group.
Hard Choices: Work and Child Care in Western Maine: A Study of Family Day Care in Rural Communities
This 1991 study, "Hard Choices: Work and Child Care in Western Maine," by Linda A. Wilcox of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., examines the challenges and characteristics of child care in rural Western Maine, specifically focusing on the Dixfield area. The study highlights that, despite growing awareness of child care's importance, rural families' needs are often overlooked.
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.
Family and Household Structure and Change in Rural America
Paper explores changing family structures in Rural America.
Elderly Rural Americans
Document provides implications of a large and growing elderly population in Rural America, specifically.
A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data: Where to find answers to questions about Rural America’s Population and Labor Force, Income, Health, and Education, Industries and Government
This file, "A Community Researcher's Guide to Rural Data," by Priscilla Salant, is a manual prepared for the Rural Economic Policy Program of The Aspen Institute, funded by The Ford Foundation.
The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas
This report, "The Rural Disadvantage: Growing Income Disparities Between Rural and Urban Areas," by Scott Barancik of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (April 1990), discusses the widening income gap between wealthy and other Americans, and how this trend disproportionately affects rural areas.