Americans Heading for the Cities, Once Again.

Beale, Calvin L.

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ERIC Number: EJ379187

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Publication Date: 1988

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Americans Heading for the Cities, Once Again.

Beale, Calvin L.

Rural Development Perspectives, v4 n3 p2-6 Jun 1988

Examines increasing rural to urban migration as caused by farming crises, employment cutbacks, slow rural population growth in 1980s, and slow rural recovery from recession. The migration was especially heavy during 1983-1986. Cites indicators showing possible future reversal. Includes charts, graphs, and maps. (Author/TES)

Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Rural Population, Rural to Urban Migration, Trend Analysis, Urban Population

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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