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Peer reviewedLichter, Daniel T.; Costanzo, Janice A. – Rural Sociology, 1987
Examines the roles of demographic composition, education, and industrial mix in explaining metro-nonmetropolitan differences in underemployment. Documents higher prevalence of "discouraged workers," unemployment, and underemployment in nonmetropolitan areas. Shows educational composition is single most important component accounting for…
Descriptors: Demography, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment
Smith, Lewis H.; Rungeling, Brian – 1973
In an effort to present a descriptive verbal picture of white nonmetropolitan poverty in the Mid-South and to identify those factors contributing to white rural poverty, 1970 census figures were analyzed in conjunction with survey results derived from responses to an 83-item questionnaire made by a random sample of 106 poverty families living in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, Blacks
