Poverty Among Rural Workers

Elizabeth S. Morrissey

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1990, vol. 06, issue 3

Abstract: One out of 10 rural families headed by a person with a job had income below the poverty level in 1987. While these family heads on average worked fewer weeks per year than those who were not poor, about a third worked fulltime, year-round. Part-time and short-term employment and work-limiting family structure were major contributors to their below-poverty-level family income.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310848

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