Poverty of Older Women Across the Rural-Urban Continuum

Carolyn C. Rogers

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1998, vol. 13, issue 2

Abstract: Poverty rates for persons 60 years and older are higher in the most rural counties than in more urban counties. Women age 75 and older account for about three-fourths of the older population in poverty. This article examines variation in poverty status (a critical indicator of well-being) among older women across the rural-urban continuum and by selected socioeconomic characteristics.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289769

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