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Predicting Children's Asthma Hospitalizations: Rural and Urban Differences in Texas
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Grineski, Sara E. – Rural Sociology, 2009
Asthma is the number one chronic health condition facing children today; however, little is known about rural-urban inequalities in asthma. This "area effects on health" study examines rural-urban differences in childhood asthma hospitalizations within the state of Texas using negative binomial regression models. Effects associated with…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Class, American Indians, Diseases
Nonmetropolitan Residential Segregation Revisited.
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Murdock, Steve H.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1994
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…
Descriptors: Blacks, Mexican Americans, Nonmetropolitan Areas, Population Trends
Minority Poverty in Nonmetropolitan Texas.
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Saenz, Rogelio; Thomas, John K. – Rural Sociology, 1991
In 1985, poverty rates in Texas nonmetro areas were 41 percent for Latinos and 53 percent for Blacks, compared to 27 percent for both groups in Texas metropolitan areas. Individual, household, and structural factors were related differently to poverty status among the ethnic/residence groups. Contains 62 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Census Figures, Educational Attainment