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Download full textHeffernan, William D. – 1972
The social implications of the changes in agricultural structures in rural America (i.e., the family farm structure in which labor, capital, and management are provided by the family; the corporate-integratee structure in which the capital is obtained through a formal contract with an agribusiness organization and the integratee furnishes the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Group Structure
Oregon State Dept. of Employment, Salem. – 1973
With increasing national and regional emphasis on serving the needs of rural people, especially migrants and farmworkers, increased effort was expended to provide services as effectively as possible. Problems remain, however, in clearly identifying and tallying these services so that efforts to provide equal access can reach all of the rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems, Human Services
Peer reviewedde Janvry, Alain; And Others – International Labour Review, 1989
Discusses the status of rural labor and the performance of labor markets in Latin American agriculture. Points out the rapidly declining share of agriculture in the total labor force, weak capacity for creating nonagricultural employment, and rapidly increasing migration to towns. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Michigan State Dept. of Labor, Detroit. Michigan Employment Security Commission. – 1973
The 1973 annual report describes services provided by the Rural Manpower Service (RMS) to 63 Michigan counties. Section I describes the organization of the RMS, and its 2 special projects -- Operation Hitchhike, and the National Migrant Worker Program (formerly the Mobility Facilitator Unit). Section II gives rural area demographic data and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Community Support, Demography
Michigan State Dept. of Labor, Detroit. Michigan Employment Security Commission. – 1971
The Rural Manpower Service reports on the migrant seasonal labor in Michigan during 1971. Seasonal labor has been declining since it reached its peak of 97,700 in 1962. This report discusses migrant seasonal labor with regard to (1) the wages and earnings of the workers, (2) the recruitment of workers, (3) the agricultural-labor housing, (4) the…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Laborers, Education, Employment Statistics
Washington State Dept. of Employment Security, Olympia. – 1971
The report contains information on significant developments in the 1971 Washington State Farm Labor and Rural Manpower Program. Part I, the Annual Summary, recommends that state agencies should devote more effort to the Annual Worker Plan and that farm placement personnel should try to advise persons who have job commitments of any delays in the…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Community Development
Washington State Dept. of Employment Security, Olympia. – 1972
The report contains information on significant developments in the 1972 Washington State Farm Labor and Rural Manpower Program. Part I, the Annual Summary, recommends that farm labor programs be designed to insure an adequate number of efficient workers and that a means be developed to prolong employment periods for the worker, thus reducing…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Community Development
Auburn Univ., AL. Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1970
Twenty-seven papers relating to rural sociology which were presented at the 1970 annual meeting of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers are compiled in this volume. Areas emphasized are the educational and occupational aspirations of rural youth, community development and regional planning, and the racial composition and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Attitudes, Community Development
Colorado State Dept. of Health, Denver. – 1971
Narrative and statistical data on the Colorado Rural Health Program are presented in this 1970-71 annual report. Objectives of the program were to develop, augment, and improve health care services to rural (including migrant) agricultural workers and their families; to develop, expand, and improve existing programs; and to establish and maintain…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Charts, Clinics
Oregon State Board of Health, Portland. – 1971
In its 9th year of providing migrant health services through a U.S. Public Health Service Continuing Migrant Health Act grant, this Oregon Migrant Health Project annual report is concerned with (1) the health services provided during the 1970-71 harvest season through a contractual arrangement between the Oregon State Health Division and 10 county…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Dental Health, Diseases
Holmes, O. Wendell – 1968
The economic effects of Government spending at public installations in rural areas was investigated. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, was chosen because of its location in a low-income rural area with relatively high outmigration, a declining agricultural industry base, and few employment opportunities. All of the data relating to Government spending…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Area Studies, Economic Research, Educational Finance
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1965
THE TABLES AND ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY TEXT IN THIS REPORT DESCRIBE THE POOR BY AGE, SEX, AND LOCATION IN 1964. DATA ARE DERIVED FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS POPULATION SURVEY IN MARCH 1965. AS OF THIS DATE THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS OR 34 MILLION PERSONS LIVING ON A POVERTY-LEVEL INCOME, WHICH AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 70…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Census Figures
