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Peer reviewedLichter, Daniel T.; Eggebeen, David J. – Rural Sociology, 1992
Examines metropolitan and nonmetropolitan poverty rates using child records from 1960-80 Public Use Microdata Samples and 1990 population survey. With four indicators of poverty, shows increasing impoverishment during 1980s among nonmetropolitan children. Examines effects of female employment, education, and family size on children's economic…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedLichter, Daniel T.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1993
Analysis of census data on 19,748 persons, aged 16-24, examined the extent to which higher rural than urban dropout rates are attributable to spatial differences in family structure or economic resources. Poverty status accounted for more of the higher rural dropout rate than did differences in family structure. (KS)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics, Family Size
