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"It Ain't Much, but It's All I Got." The Rural Homelessness Project: A Study of Living Conditions in Two Rural West Virginia Counties.

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Spence, Beth – 1988

Many poor families in rural West Virginia live in unsafe, unsanitary structures that do not protect them from the elements, but these families are not considered officially homeless. Lincoln and Clay Counties are very rural, traditionally poor areas, with 45% of their populations receiving welfare and much larger proportions receiving food stamps.…

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Family Problems