This article examines the spatial distribution of income inequality and the socioeconomic factors affecting it using spatial analysis techniques across 16,285 block groups, 5,050 tracts, and 618 counties in the western part of the North Central Region of the United States. Different geographic aggregations result in different inequality outcomes,…

Social science studies of mining communities suggest that the well-being of these company towns varies a great deal. Yet the literature has not thoroughly explained the sources of that variation, especially its potential relationship to the resource itself. In order to clarify our understanding of socioeconomic well-being, this paper likens the…

The article proposes and tests, by indirect methods, the hypothesis that the income effects of variables established before and during early years of the careers of an age cohort increase at least until middle age, because of a progressive differentiation in mean incomes among occupations. (Author/NQ)

The experiences of 3 groups in the U.S. are examined: (1) the Negro movement from the South during 1860 to 1920; (2) the Japanese-American migration from internment camps during World War II; and (3) the exodus from Southern Appalachia between 1930 and 1960. (NQ)

Presents 10 case studies to examine success of Chicano farmers in cooperatives. Identifies keys to success: members' independence aspirations, production of labor-intensive crops, and support network within the cooperative. Discusses external/internal factors influencing success: high attrition rates and "free riders," social cohesion,…

Using survey data, hypotheses were tested relative to the paradox of socioeconomic equality and private property encompassed in U.S. agrarian idealism. (JC)

On the border of western Iowa, a new landform--the "Loess Hills," is being created. While scientific discourse surrounding the landform has been ongoing for a century, "discovery" of the landform by local residents is a recent occurrence, stimulated by socioeconomic changes resulting from the "farm crisis." As this case study shows, the initial…

The relationship between place of residence and life satisfaction of the elderly was examined. (NQ)

Discusses selected sociological barriers to achieving collective adoption of natural resource conservation and development projects in rural areas of developing nations. Suggests collective adoption of innovation is an important component of rural development strategies, especially in poorer strata. (AH)

Compares the socioeconomic characteristics of dislocated farm households in North Dakota with working farm households. Finds no significant difference between operating methods of displaced farmers and those currently in business. Suggests researchers shift their attention to macrolevel variables to characterize displaced farmers. (Author/TES)

Three years of survey data show that over time concern with pollution and support for the environmental movement were drawn from increasingly broader bases of social structure. Certain social aggregates, however, remained indifferent, suggesting that class and status interests are important determinants of support for environmental reform.…

Studies the urban influence on rural areas by comparing selected castes and their traditional occupations in urbanized and nonurbanized villages in India. (NQ)

Individualist and structuralist perspectives on poverty were integrated by examining the relationship between "people poverty" and "place poverty" in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas, using a multilevel framework. Both household compositional factors (including education) and contextual factors contributed to the nonmetro-metro difference in…