Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Poverty
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013
Reports on income levels and the number of people in poverty for 2012 and 2013, along with the percent change from 2012 to 2013. Includes statistics for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas (see Table 1 and Table 3). Based on data from the 2014 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Reports on income levels and the number of people in poverty for 2012 and 2013, along with the percent change from 2012 to 2013. Includes statistics for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas (see Table 1 and Table 3). Based on data from the 2014 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Health Disparities Are Leaving Ohio's Rural Children Behind
Examines rural health disparities and their impact on children in rural, poverty stricken counties in Ohio, many in Appalachia. Investigates how limited access to nutritious food and healthcare providers has led to the health disparities in children. Offers policy recommendations to remedy the situation.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Children's Defense Fund
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Examines rural health disparities and their impact on children in rural, poverty stricken counties in Ohio, many in Appalachia. Investigates how limited access to nutritious food and healthcare providers has led to the health disparities in children. Offers policy recommendations to remedy the situation.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Children's Defense Fund
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Persistent Poverty Dynamics: Understanding Poverty Trends Over 50 Years
Reports on high-poverty counties, with a poverty rate of 20% or more, based on data from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, compared to 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census data. Includes comparison of rural (micropolitan and noncore) counties and metropolitan counties. Identifies counties with persistent and intermittent high poverty, as well as newly high poverty counties.
Author(s): Kathleen Miller, Bruce Weber
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Reports on high-poverty counties, with a poverty rate of 20% or more, based on data from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, compared to 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census data. Includes comparison of rural (micropolitan and noncore) counties and metropolitan counties. Identifies counties with persistent and intermittent high poverty, as well as newly high poverty counties.
Author(s): Kathleen Miller, Bruce Weber
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Residential Mobility Across Local Areas in the United States and the Geographic Distribution of the Healthy Population
Examines the potential impact that migration from one community to another may have on population health data, in terms of our understanding of how place impacts health status. Looked at moves over one 5-year period, from 1995 to 2000, for selected urban and rural communities, with information on disability status and education. Considered geographic relocation for Black and White populations, between urban and rural areas, between high-poverty and low-poverty areas, and between North and South.
Author(s): Arline T. Geronimus, John Bound, Annie Ro
Citation: Demography, 51(3), 777-809
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
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Examines the potential impact that migration from one community to another may have on population health data, in terms of our understanding of how place impacts health status. Looked at moves over one 5-year period, from 1995 to 2000, for selected urban and rural communities, with information on disability status and education. Considered geographic relocation for Black and White populations, between urban and rural areas, between high-poverty and low-poverty areas, and between North and South.
Author(s): Arline T. Geronimus, John Bound, Annie Ro
Citation: Demography, 51(3), 777-809
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
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Changes in Areas With Concentrated Poverty: 2000 to 2010
Compares Census 2000 poverty estimates with those based on the 2008–2012 5-year American Community Survey (ACS), referred to throughout the report as the 2010 estimates. Includes data on poverty rates for nonmetropolitan, suburban, and central city metropolitan areas in Tables 2a and 2b and Figure 7. Reports that nonmetropolitan areas had the largest increase in the proportion of people living in poverty areas between 2000 and 2010. Also includes county-level poverty maps for 2000 and 2010, Figures 5 and 6.
Author(s): Alemayehu Bishaw
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Compares Census 2000 poverty estimates with those based on the 2008–2012 5-year American Community Survey (ACS), referred to throughout the report as the 2010 estimates. Includes data on poverty rates for nonmetropolitan, suburban, and central city metropolitan areas in Tables 2a and 2b and Figure 7. Reports that nonmetropolitan areas had the largest increase in the proportion of people living in poverty areas between 2000 and 2010. Also includes county-level poverty maps for 2000 and 2010, Figures 5 and 6.
Author(s): Alemayehu Bishaw
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Goal Setting for Health Behavior Change: Evidence from an Obesity Intervention for Rural Low-Income Women
Analyzes whether an obesity intervention, HOPE (Health, Opportunity, Partnerships, Empowerment) Works, targeted to low-income women living in rural North Carolina resulted in goal setting and goal setting strategies that affected health behavior outcomes. Covers differences by racial and ethnic populations and identifies racial difference to help tailor intervention strategies.
Author(s): Amy Ries, Loneke T. Blackman, Rachel A. Page, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2682
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Analyzes whether an obesity intervention, HOPE (Health, Opportunity, Partnerships, Empowerment) Works, targeted to low-income women living in rural North Carolina resulted in goal setting and goal setting strategies that affected health behavior outcomes. Covers differences by racial and ethnic populations and identifies racial difference to help tailor intervention strategies.
Author(s): Amy Ries, Loneke T. Blackman, Rachel A. Page, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2682
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Widening Rural–Urban Disparities in All-Cause Mortality and Mortality from Major Causes of Death in the USA, 1969–2009
Examines U.S. mortality rates between 1969 and 2009 to identify growth or reduction of mortality disparities between rural and urban settings. Addresses the impact or race/ethnicity, gender, and poverty.
Author(s): Gopal K. Singh, Mohammad Siahpush
Citation: Journal of Urban Health, 91(2), 272-292
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
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Examines U.S. mortality rates between 1969 and 2009 to identify growth or reduction of mortality disparities between rural and urban settings. Addresses the impact or race/ethnicity, gender, and poverty.
Author(s): Gopal K. Singh, Mohammad Siahpush
Citation: Journal of Urban Health, 91(2), 272-292
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
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Broadband Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Rural America
Slides presented at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural Broadband Workshop in March of 2014 describing the characteristics, demographics, opportunities, and challenges affecting rural America's broadband needs.
Author(s): Chuck Fluharty
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Slides presented at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural Broadband Workshop in March of 2014 describing the characteristics, demographics, opportunities, and challenges affecting rural America's broadband needs.
Author(s): Chuck Fluharty
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Children Growing Up in Rural America: Characteristics and Challenges of a Changing Population
Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Poverty and Deep Poverty Increasing in Rural America
Examines trends in poverty from 1976-2012, showing poverty and deep poverty data for the rural and urban population, and for rural and urban children. Includes discussion on the impact of the 2007-2009 recession on rural poverty rates.
Author(s): Tracey Farrigan
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Examines trends in poverty from 1976-2012, showing poverty and deep poverty data for the rural and urban population, and for rural and urban children. Includes discussion on the impact of the 2007-2009 recession on rural poverty rates.
Author(s): Tracey Farrigan
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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