This document is a compilation resulting from studies of how well the rural labor force has adjusted to the urban setting. Topics presented include: (1) Concepts, Definitions, and Magnitude, (2) The Basic Expellant: Agricultural Technological Advance, (3) Opportunities and Uncertainties in the Economic Environment for Off-Farm Migrants, (4)…

Examined predictors of service usage in a study of 5,700 nonmetropolitan elderly. Results revealed only slightly higher service utilization for urban versus rural residents. Marital status, income, and age were related to service use for both groups. Among the rural aged, lack of transportation was related to service usage. (Author/JAC)

This study compares rural, rural-urban, and urban rehabilitation clients in relation to personal characteristics, service delivery components, and rehabilitation outcomes. Implications suggest alternate service delivery approaches and staff with differing abilities for rural and urban areas. (Author)

Revised version of paper presented to the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1972. (NQ)

Discusses the differences in the affective work competencies level of urban, suburban, and rural vocational students as measured by the Student Worker Attitude Profile scoring manual, which includes the Affective Work Competencies Inventory. (JOW)

The percentage of rural workers using computers on the job doubled to 36% during 1984-93, but remained below the urban rate (48.7%). Most of the rural-urban difference in on-the-job computer use reflects the higher educational level of the urban workforce and its larger share of professional, managerial, and white-collar workers. (Author/SV)

Current Population Survey data indicate that the rural poverty rate declined to 16.4% in 1994, after increasing during the early 1990s. Poverty is still most prevalent in the South, and rural minorities, women, and children are especially disadvantaged economically. Among racial/ethnic groups, Hispanics have the highest nonmetro poverty rate and…

Examined environmental characteristic differences between a stratified sample of 624 Kentucky River Basin rural and urban residents. No significant differences were found in individual's environmental world views, concern, knowledge, and actions, but differences were found by education and income. Recommends promoting population equity to ensure…

Rural areas have fewer health services and are proportionally underrepresented in practicing mental health professionals. For community psychology to meet the needs of rural populations, new training approaches for community psychologists will need to be developed. New areas of prevention and intervention will require roles and functions different…

A set of hypotheses regarding the relationship among state population rank, social work human resources variables, and social indicators was tested based on assumptions in the literature regarding rural and urban differences. Findings indicated that many assumptions about these differences were not supported by empirical data. (Author/MLW)

Responses of 1,241 Pennsylvania residents to 35 Likert-type items indicated widespread agreement with positive images of rural life, antiurbanism, agrarianism, and wilderness values, and overwhelming rejection of negative images of rurality. Rural residents held more positive attitudes than others toward rurality. Contains 35 references.…

The theme for this conference was "Our Town and Country Society Looks at Itself." The following papers were presented at this conference: (1) "The Miracle of Production--Can We Keep It" (Aubrey D. Gates); (2) "Recent U.S. Population Trends and Their Causes" (Calvin L. Beale and Donald J. Bogue); (3) "Commercial…

This booklet profiles key economic and social features of rural Arkansas. Data are drawn from reports by the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Arkansas state agencies. About half of Arkansas' people live in rural areas, and most of these live in open country (not incorporated areas) and are completely dependent on county…

The project was conducted in cooperation with two Concentrated Employment Program agencies operating in Northern Minnesota, the Rural Minnesota CEP and the Duluth CEP. All persons relocated in this project were referred by the Rural Minnesota CEP and the Duluth CEP. The objectives of the project were: (1) to provide mobility services to the…