Rural Families Speak Project
The goal of the Rural
Families Speak project, funded in part
by a CSREES grant, is to add to the multidimensional
understanding of rural low-income families
over time. In rural areas, family life
is at the core of the rural community.
The functioning of the family is important
not only to the immediate family, but also
to the well-being and viability of the
rural community. Tracking changes in rural
families across time is vital in the face
of changing economic conditions and federal
and state policies related to public assistance.
The project is a Multistate
Longitudinal Research Project (NC-223:
October 1, 1998 to September 30, 2003)
with researchers from California, Colorado,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, and
Wyoming. The second phase, NC-1011, (October
1, 2003 to September 30, 2008) continues
the research of NC-223 with researchers
from the original group of states with
two exceptions; Colorado and Wyoming have
left the group and Iowa, South Dakota,
West Virginia have joined the group. This
research is supported in part by USDA/CSREES/NRICGP
Grant 2001-35401-10215, 2002-35401-11591
and 2004-35401-14938. All the states have
supported the data collection and preparation
of the data set.
Related Links:
- Description
of States
Includes all the states involved and a brief description of the families
in the study.
- Publications
Publications are organized by major topic areas, including the project basebook,
policy briefs, dissertations and theses, refereed journal articles and
book chapters, conferences presentations and proceedings, and other papers.
- Resources
Links to sites and other related information, including databases and statistics,
films, government, policy, and rural sites, research organizations, and
welfare reform information.
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