Rural Conditions and Trends: Socioeconomic Conditions Issue, Vol. 8, No. 2
Douglas E. Bowers and Karen Hamrick, editors
Rural Conditions and Trends No. (RCAT-82)
September 1997
About this magazine
This issue of Rural Conditions and Trends (RCaT) presents the annual review of socioeconomic well-being of rural areas in the United States. The last time RCaT reported on socioeconomic conditions and trends was in 1996 (Vol. 7, No. 3). In addition to the usual indicators of well-being that have been published in the past issues, this issue of RCaT includes several facets of rural well-being that either have not previously been reported on, or have not been written about in some time: multiple jobholding, the working poor, the elderly, immigrants, births to unmarried mothers, and housing. We are pleased to resume publishing the Current Population Survey unemployment rates for metro and nonmetro areas. This issue also includes discussion of long-run trends in personal income, population, and farm operator household income. Some of the earlier appendix tables, such as per capita income by residence, which are usually included here, are not included in this issue.
In this report ...
Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Frontmatter (masthead, contents), 18 kb
Overview
- Rural Areas Continue To Benefit from the Economic Expansion, 18 kb
- National Economic Issues and Trends: U.S. Economy Moderates in 1997, 21 kb
Employment and Unemployment
- Employment Growth Rates Converge for Metro and Nonmetro Areas, 169 kb
- Employment Growth and Unemployment Rate Often Identify Different Counties as Prosperous, 1,103 kb
- Nonmetro Multiple Jobholding Rate Higher than Metro, 187 kb
Earnings and Income
- Rural Earnings Edge Up in the 1990's, 27 kb
- Rural Median Household Income Increases, 16 kb
- Nonmetro Personal Income Increases in the 1990's, 36 kb
- Rural Poverty Rate Edges Downward, 32 kb
- Family Structure and Employment Characteristics Differentiate Poor from Near-Poor Workers, 36 kb
- Migration Contributes to Nonmetro Per Capita Income Growth, 605 kb
Population
- Nonmetro Population Growth Rebound of the 1990's Continues, But at a Slower Recent Rate, 1,097 kb
- Nonmetro Elders Better Off than Metro Elders on Some Measures, Not on Others, 56 kb
- Fewer Immigrants Settle in Nonmetro Areas and Most Fare Less Well than Metro Immigrants , 43 kb
Rural Well-being
- Births to Unmarried Mothers Are Rising Faster in Rural Areas, 29 kb
- Rural Housing Conditions Improve but Affordability Continues To Be a Problem, 30 kb
Farm Labor
- Number of Hired Farmworkers Increases, but Their Median Weekly Earnings Show Little Improvement, 28 kb
Farm Household Income and Wealth
- Farm Operator Household Income and Wealth Compare Favorably With All U.S. Households, 51 kb
- Appendix A: Data Sources and Definitions, 43 kb
- Appendix B: 1994 Current Population Survey Redesign, 17 kb
- Appendix Tables, 61 kb
- Download entire issue, 3,665kb.
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Updated date: September 1997
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