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Glasgow, Nina; Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Examines general demographic, social, and economic situation of older rural people and how their conditons do or do not differ from those of older urbanites. Contrasts migration trends, living arrangements, income, housing, transportation, communication, and health. Figures and tables provide population, residency, living arrangement, and poverty…
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Health Needs, Housing Needs, Middle Aged Adults
Palmer, John L. – 1988
After progress towards achieving major income security goals during the 1960s and 1970s, economic slowdown and public reaction against "the welfare state" have curtailed direct intervention by the federal government for these purposes. Absolute poverty and welfare dependency have increased in the 1980s, especially among the young. Major…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Age Differences, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged