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Title: Changes in Work and Family Across the Rural U.S.

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Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-37689-5

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37689-5_2

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Abstract: Dramatic changes in the population composition, realities of work, and family structure over the past 50 years have had a profound impact on the rural United States. In this chapter, I compare rural counties in 1960 to those in more recent years. I find amid the backdrop of aging and diversifying populations, shifts toward a service-based economy coupled with a rise in both adults living alone and single-parent families. Patterns largely mirror those in the urban U.S. but are sometimes more pronounced. Taken together, these changes have profound implications for how families can make ends meet: families work more hours at less-stable jobs, often with less-dense networks of family and friends for support. As a result, these changes necessitate rethinking some of the key assumptions of social safety net programs—such as work requirements—if they are to help low-income and poor rural families move up the income ladder.

Url: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-37689-5_2

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Authors: Mattingly, Marybeth J.

Editors: Glick, Jennifer E.; McHale, Susan M.; King, Valerie

Pages: 27-45

Volume Title: Rural Families and Communities in the United States

Publisher: Springer

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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