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Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America

Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America

Smith, Kristin E.
Tickamyer, Ann R.

Paperback

Series: Rural Studies

EconomicsGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 027104862X
ISBN13: 9780271048628
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Feb 15 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Rural areas have been hit hard by economic restructuring. Traditionally male jobs with good pay and benefits (such as in manufacturing) have declined dramatically, only to be replaced with low-paying service-oriented jobs--jobs that do not offer benefits or wages sufficient to raise a family. Concurrently, rural areas have experienced changes in family life, namely an increase in women's labor force participation, a decline in married-couple families, and a rise in cohabitation and single-parent families. How have rural families coped with these social and economic changes? Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America documents the intertwined changes in employment and family and explores the outcomes for family well-being in rural America. Here a multidisciplinary group of scholars examines the impacts of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face.

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