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Gunn, Barbara A.; Tripple, Patricia A. – Rural Sociologist, 1988
Reports a study of the extent that informal support systems might compensate for lack of formal services in rural retirement communities. Demonstrates working with local Extension offices to identify study committees, gather information, perform research valuable to Extension workers, and provide information helpful to the rural population and…
Descriptors: Community Study, Extension Education, Research Methodology, Research Needs
Voth, Donald E.; Danforth, Diana M. – Rural Sociologist, 1981
Results of a 20-year longitudinal study to determine whether change in the presence or absence of schools and in the number of schools operating in a community could be demonstrated to influence community growth. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916. (NEC)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Size, Community Study, Consolidated Schools