Economic restructuring and family well-being in rural America (Rural studies series (University Park Pa))
Summary
"A compilation of policy-relevant research by a multidisciplinary group of scholars on the state of families in rural America in the twenty-first century. Examines the impact of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face"--Pr... Full description
- Changing economic opportunities and changing roles
- Rural economic restructuring : implications for children, youth, and families /
- Daniel T. Lichter,
- Deborah Roempke Graefe
- Employment hardship among rural men /
- Leif Jensen,
- Eric B. Jensen
- Changing roles : women and work in rural America /
- Kristin E. Smith
- Men without sawmills : job loss and gender identity in rural America /
- Jennifer Sherman
- Family change, economic hardship, and family adaptive strategies
- Economic restructuring and family structure change, 1980 to 2000 : a focus on female-headed families with children /
- Diane K. McLaughlin,
- Alisha J. Coleman-Jensen
- Patterns of family formation and dissolution in rural America and implications for well-being /
- Anastasia Snyder
- Job characteristics and economic survival strategies : the effect of economic restructuring and marital status in a rural county /
- Margaret K. Nelson
- Economic hardship, parenting, and family stability in a cohort of rural adolescents /
- Katherine Jewsbury Conger
- Low-wage employment
- Parents' work time in rural America : the growth of irregular schedules /
- Elaine McCrate
- Low-wage employment among minority women in nonmetropolitan areas : a decomposition analysis /
- Marlene Lee
- Regional variation of women in low-wage work across rural communities /
- Cynthia D. Anderson,
- Chih-Yuan Weng
- Work and family policy
- Strengthening rural communities through investment in youth education
- Employment, and training /
- Liliokanaio Peaslee,
- Andrew Hahn
- Child care in rural America /
- Nicole D. Forry,
- Susan K. Walker
- Health insurance in rural America /
- Deborah Roempke Graefe
- Livelihood practices in the shadow of welfare reform /
- Ann Tickamyer,
- Debra Henderson
- Poverty, work, and the local environment : TANF and EITC /
- Domenico Parisi,
- Steven Michael Grice,
- Guangqing Chi,
- Jed Pressgrove
- Conclusions /
- Ann Tickamyer,
- Kristin E. Smith.