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Nooe, Roger M.; Cunningham, Maryanne Lynch – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1992
Compared homelessness among persons in a metropolitan setting based on whether or not the person had migrated from a rural area. Found that those from rural areas had a lower level of educational achievement, experienced a higher degree of isolation from families, and frequently had come to the urban area seeking jobs. (KS)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Demography, Educational Attainment, Family Problems
Padgitt, Steven; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Analyzes data from 4,313 Wisconsin Central Registry of Child Abuse reports (1973-1978) to determine that initial social worker investigations of child abuse contain weak predictors on the probability of a subsequent incident and that the prediction may be different in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan environments. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Data Analysis, Demography, Longitudinal Studies
Mageean, Deirdre M.; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1994
Among 385 low-income households studied in Maine, three-quarters of households with children under 12 were hungry or at risk of hunger; significant sociodemographic differences existed between urban and rural low-income households; and rural households were more likely than urban households to be income-eligible but not participating in federal…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Demography, Economic Factors
