ERIC Number: EJ557381
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Publication Date: 1997
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Rural Poverty Rate Edges Downward.
Nord, Mark
Rural Conditions and Trends, v8 n2 p31-34 1997
Although rural poverty began to decline, 1994-95, many rural households had incomes just above poverty. Rural minorities were especially disadvantaged; racial differences in educational attainment accounted for 20-33% of income gaps. One-quarter of rural children lived in poverty, most in single-parent households. Most rural poor families lived in the South and included a worker. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Children, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Fatherless Family, Hispanic Americans, Metropolitan Areas, Nonmetropolitan Areas, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Racial Differences, Regional Characteristics, Rural Urban Differences, Whites, Working Poor
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Language: English
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