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Child Poverty Higher and More Persistent in Rural America

Description
Examines counties with high child poverty and persistent poverty over a 30-year period from 1980 to 2010, with data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties. Includes maps showing regional trends. Also looks at poverty at the county level related to minority child population distribution.
Author(s)
Andrew Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kenneth M. Johnson
Date
02/2016
Type
Document
Organization
Carsey School of Public Policy
Tagged as
Children and youth · Poverty · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

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