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Cook, Christine C.; Crull, Sue R.; Bruin, Marilyn J.; Yust, Becky L.; Shelley, Mack C.; Laux, Sharon; Memken, Jean; Niemeyer, Shirley; White, B. J. – Rural Sociology, 2009
The purpose of this research was to explore and explain the role housing plays in rural community vitality. Community vitality refers to economic strength and social well-being. In spring 2002 we collected primary interview data from informants in 134 small rural communities in nine north-central states and identified related secondary data from…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Housing, Rural Areas, Community Characteristics

O'Brien, David J.; Raedeke, Andrew; Hassinger, Edward W. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Six-year followup study of five rural Missouri communities found that community viability in terms of maintenance as trade and service center had become disconnected from demographic variables such as school enrollment. Unexpectedly, leaders of more viable places were not better educated or demographically different from other leaders, but had…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders, Followup Studies