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Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Discusses characteristics of counties with high poverty rates--sparser population, larger proportion of poor and most poverty-prone populations, less educated population, greater reliance on transfer payments, and higher proportions of income from farming. Suggests that government assistance in the form of income transfers could help alleviate…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Farm Management
