Poverty is frequently conceptualized as an attribute of either people or places. Yet residential movement of poor people can redistribute poverty across places, affecting and reshaping the spatial concentration of economic disadvantage. In this article, we utilize 1995 to 2000 county-to-county migration data from the 2000 United States decennial…

For more than a century, communities across the United States legally employed strategies to create and maintain racial divides. One particularly widespread and effective practice was that of "sundown towns," which signaled to African Americans and others that they were not welcome within the city limits after dark. Though nearly 1,000…

Using data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, we examine residential variation in cohabiting women's union outcomes. Prior work has shown that although there are no residential differences in cohabitation, nonmetro women are more likely than others to marry directly and hold more favorable attitudes toward marriage. Building on this…

The article focuses on 2 questions pivotal to the issue of rural-urban differences: 1) "Do attitudinal differences remain among the rural and urban residents independent of differences generated by other potent variables?"; and 2) "Will any increase in the predictive utility of rurality be generated by use of a composite definition (residence plus…

The extent of satisfaction the rural-urban elderly have with their family and community, themselves, and others was examined. (NQ)

Analysis shows that Mexican cities typically contain large proportions of agriculturalists, but variation exists by size, regional location, and degree of metropolitanization. Underemployment and a preference for urban living are seen as contributing factors to this phenomenon. (Author/KR)

The potential for population dispersal was evaluated. The study invoked such conditions as interest in living in a small town that is a 30-minute drive and one that is at least 1-hour drive from a large city, a 10 percent loss of family income, and whether or not the individual is a likely migrant. (Author/NQ)

Revised version of paper presented to the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1972. (NQ)

The status of the rural-urban variable (place of residence and its associated variables; occupation; and sociocultural influences) is examined for a sample of western Illinois household heads. (NQ)

Analysis of 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing for Texas found overall black-white and Anglo-Hispanic residential segregation declined substantially. Nonmetropolitan counties were more segregated than metropolitan counties in both years, but growing nonmetro places showed the greatest segregation declines. Analyses controlling for…

Explores relationship between fear of crime and residential location. Studies sample of more than 3,000 North Carolina residents. Results indicate that rural residents have significantly lower fear of crime than urban counterparts when known correlates are controlled. Discusses implications for future research. (Author/TES)

The frequency of short-distance residential moves in poor rural New York counties was much greater than nationally, driven by scarce affordable housing and changes in personal and household situations. Higher frequency movement was associated with younger age, fewer children, and weaker social support networks. Discusses impacts of high mobility…