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Download full textDecker, Robert H.; And Others – 1992
A random telephone survey of 25 residents in Iowa Falls, a small town in rural north-central Iowa, examined opinions and attitudes about the health of their community. The community has a population of 5,424, including 1,276 students in Grades K-12; is the largest city in the county; and is the site of a community college. Sixty percent of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Satisfaction, Community Surveys, Economic Climate
Tait, John L.; And Others – 1972
The major purposes of this paper are to present (1) a summary of the major concepts and general hypotheses of the social power model, (2) the empirical findings from the operationalization of the social power model, and (3) some implications for change agents concerned with rural development. The social power model was empirically tested in 5…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Change Agents, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Miller, Martin G.; Borich, Timothy O. – 1982
A sample of 214 rural citizens in Iowa's Crawford and Ida Counties were surveyed to gather information on community attitudes towards the care of children and other family members. The sampled group closely paralleled the area's 1980 census norms, except in the proportion of males to females. Respondents perceived community problems with…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Attitudes, Community Programs
