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Reeder, Richard J.; Glasgow, Nina L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1990
Among nonmetro retirement counties, those with a relatively high (over 16 percent) proportion of elderly were economically much stronger than total retirement counties. Strengths of retirement counties included rapid growth in population and employment and moderate increases in income. Potential weaknesses were reduced public spending for…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Expenditures, Income
McGranahan, David A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Whatever migration patterns evolve, changes in the age structure mean that rural communities in general can expect fairly stable elementary school population, reduced high school population, slower growth in new business and employment, and continued increase in the elderly population. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Birth Rate, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
