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Rural Does Matter: Understanding the Rural Context

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Rural Families and Work

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Understanding rural contexts is foundational to our discussion of rural low-income families’ employment opportunities and challenges. This chapter considers four major areas from rural low-income family research: (a) a description of rural America, (b) an understanding of rural contexts, (c) a listing of possible opportunities for the future, and (d) challenges for current and future research. Some of the voices from the qualitative portion of the Rural Families Speak (RFS ) study are included in these sections to support and illustrate the issues at the individual and family level and the perceptions of the rural macrosystem and community level.

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  1. Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Jean W. Bauer

  2. Department of Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Patricia H. Dyk

  3. Department of Family and Resource Management, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea

    Seohee Son

  4. Department of Family Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

    Elizabeth M. Dolan

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Bauer, J.W., Dyk, P.H., Son, S., Dolan, E.M. (2011). Rural Does Matter: Understanding the Rural Context. In: Bauer, J., Dolan, E. (eds) Rural Families and Work. International Series on Consumer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0382-1_3

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