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Poverty Among Black Families in the Nonmetro South

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  • Ghelfi, Linda M.

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Nearly all black families in nonmetro areas live in the South. There they have a higher poverty rate than black families in other regions; 35 percent had incomes below the poverty threshold in 1979. Poverty is particularly prevalent among black families in the nonmetro South with a female householder—56 percent of them were poor in 1979. Income problems of these families and of their poor white counterparts appear to be related to factors such as low levels of education, young or old age, and work disabilities. Those poor black family members who are employed are concentrated in low-wage jobs.

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  • Ghelfi, Linda M., 1986. "Poverty Among Black Families in the Nonmetro South," Rural Development Research Reports 334252, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ersrdr:334252
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.334252
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    1. D. Lee Bawden, 1974. "Work Behavior of Low-Income, Rural Nonfarm Wage Earners," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 56(5), pages 1076-1083.
    2. Bawden, D. Lee, 1974. "Work Behavior Of Low-Income, Rural Nonfarm Wage Earners," 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas 284572, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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