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Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – 1987
Data from the 1986 Current Population Survey (March Supplement) indentified characteristics of working heads of poor families that might assist policymakers involved in alleviating nonmetro poverty (in 1985, 18.3% of persons living in nonmetro areas were poor compared to 12.7% of persons living in metro areas). Comparing the South (a 17-state…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
