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Ahn, Jaehyun; Briers, Gary; Kibriya, Shahriar; Price, Edwin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2020
Purpose: This study explores female-headed households in Grand Bassa, Lofa and Nimba counties to discern Liberia's smallholding, subsistence agriculture. Amid environmental and communal dynamics, addressing factors causing challenges of farming is imperative. Methodology: Using explanatory sequential methods this study collects, explains, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Females, Income
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Vanfossen, Beth; Brown, C. Hendricks; Kellam, Sheppard; Sokoloff, Natalie; Doering, Susan – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
We examine the roles of neighborhood characteristics in the development of the aggressive behavior of 1,409 urban boys and girls between the first and seventh grades. The multilevel, longitudinal growth analyses find strong neighborhood effects in all models, while controlling for individual-level variables. Results indicated that the effects of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Aggression, Family Income, Females
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Snyder, Anastasia R.; McLaughlin, Diane K. – Rural Sociology, 2004
Employing data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 March supplements of the Current Population Surveys, this study examines changing household and family structure in metro and nonmetro areas and corresponding changes in poverty, emphasizing female-headed families with children under age 18. We also pay particular attention to the structure and economic…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Family Structure, Poverty, Heads of Households