Work and poverty in rural America

Ann R. Tickamyer; Cynthia M. Duncan

Work and poverty in rural America

Ann R. Tickamyer
, Cynthia M. Duncan

Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

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Abstract

Working poverty is a serious problem in rural areas. Jobs are scarce relative to the number of job seekers and steady, good-paying work is hard to obtain. Consequently, many rural workers and families are poor even though they work as much as they can. In 1987, 10 percent of the 11.3 million working householders in rural America were poor. Two-thirds of the working poor were unable to find full-time work, while one-third worked full time but for such low wages that they could not escape poverty.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Rural Policies for the 1990s
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	102-113
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000238570
ISBN (Print)	081337815X, 9780367286361
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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