Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... living in completely rural counties in 1969 had incomes below the poverty level . Four years later 41 percent of the non- metropolitan black population was still below the poverty level compared with 11 percent of the nonmetropolitan ...
... living in completely rural counties in 1969 had incomes below the poverty level . Four years later 41 percent of the non- metropolitan black population was still below the poverty level compared with 11 percent of the nonmetropolitan ...
Page 85
... living . Commonly small towns and villages serve as residence areas for older persons , many of whom are retirees . These individuals are likely to be living on minimum incomes and are vulnerable to any type of inflationary trend ...
... living . Commonly small towns and villages serve as residence areas for older persons , many of whom are retirees . These individuals are likely to be living on minimum incomes and are vulnerable to any type of inflationary trend ...
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... living in larger places of up to 45,000 population ( van Es and Brown , 1974 ) . This held equally for both high and low level - of - living ( measured by an 8 - item scale of consumer durable items ) households , with job at- tachment ...
... living in larger places of up to 45,000 population ( van Es and Brown , 1974 ) . This held equally for both high and low level - of - living ( measured by an 8 - item scale of consumer durable items ) households , with job at- tachment ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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