Economic restructuring and family well-being in rural America
By: edited by Kristin E. Smith and Ann R. Tickamyer ; published in cooperation with the Rural Sociological Society
Contributors: Rural Sociological Society
Series: Rural studies series
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780271048611
Subjects: Rural conditions; Rural Manpower policy; Rural families
Description: "A compilation of policy-relevant research by a multidisciplinary group of scholars on the state of families in rural America in the twenty-first century. Examines the impact of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Published in cooperation with the Rural Sociological Society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing economic opportunities and changing roles; title: Rural economic restructuring : implications for children, youth, and families / Daniel T. Lichter and Deborah Roempke Graefe; title: Employment hardship among rural men / Leif Jensen and Eric B. Jensen; title: Changing roles : women and work in rural America / Kristin E. Smith; title: Men without sawmills : job loss and gender identity in rural America / Jennifer Sherman; title: Family change, economic hardship, and family adaptive strategies; title: Economic restructuring and family structure change, 1980 to 2000 : a focus on female-headed families with children / Diane K. McLaughlin and Alisha J. Coleman-Jensen; title: Patterns of family formation and dissolution in rural America and implications for well-being / Anastasia Snyder; title: Job characteristics and economic survival strategies : the effect of economic restructuring and marital status in a rural county / Margaret K. Nelson; title: Economic hardship, parenting, and family stability in a cohort of rural adolescents / Katherine Jewsbury Conger; title: Low-wage employment; title: Parents' work time in rural America : the growth of irregular schedules / Elaine McCrate; title: Low-wage employment among minority women in nonmetropolitan areas : a decomposition analysis / Marlene Lee; title: Regional variation of women in low-wage work across rural communities / Cynthia D. Anderson and Chih-Yuan Weng; title: Work and family policy; title: Strengthening rural communities through investment in youth education; title: Employment, and training / Liliokanaio Peaslee and Andrew Hahn; title: Child care in rural America / Nicole D. Forry and Susan K. Walker; title: Health insurance in rural America / Deborah Roempke Graefe; title: Livelihood practices in the shadow of welfare reform / Ann Tickamyer and Debra Henderson; title: Poverty, work, and the local environment : TANF and EITC / Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, Guangqing Chi, and Jed Pressgrove; title: Conclusions / Ann Tickamyer and Kristin E. Smith.