Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ430728
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Homelessness in Rural Places: Perspectives from Upstate New York.
Fitchen, Janet M.
Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, v20 n2 p177-210 Sum 1991
Explores the economic and demographic factors fueling rural homelessness, based on field research in scattered rural communities. Data were collected by interviewing low-income families and local service providers and from community agency and school records. Suggests strategies for preventing and responding to homelessness that would be appropriate for rural communities. (CJS)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Relationship, Federal Programs, Homeless People, Housing, Housing Deficiencies, Housing Needs, Interviews, Long Range Planning, One Parent Family, Poverty Areas, Poverty Programs, Questionnaires, Rural Areas, Rural Population, Rural to Urban Migration, State Programs, Urban to Rural Migration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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