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Emily E. N. Miller; Kathryn Edin – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
We examine the transition to adulthood in a poor, white, rural community in Appalachia. Young adults come of age in a context of persistent poverty, economic decline, an ongoing opioid and addiction crisis, and strong community norms about family and work bolstered by religious institutions. For low- income young adults in this community, this…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Young Adults, Rural Areas, Whites