The Rural Aged

E. Grant Youmans
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E. Grant Youmans: Economic Development Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1977, vol. 429, issue 1, 81-90

Abstract: Available data suggest that the rural aged, com pared with urban older people, have substantially smaller incomes, are restricted in mobility because of inadequate transportation facilities, report poorer physical health, and reveal a more negative outlook on life. Evidence suggests that the industrialization of rural communities may have a negative impact upon the rural elderly. Periodic longitudinal studies of rural older persons in strategic locations of the nation are needed to provide guidance for programs and services.

Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1177/000271627742900108

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