Overview
ERS research in this area focuses on the economic, social,
and demographic factors that affect the income
and poverty
status of rural residents and their participation in Federal
assistance programs, including food assistance programs.
The industrial sources of earned income vary widely across
rural areas. Social Security and other retirement programs
play a large role in the economic status of rural retirees
and the areas in which they are concentrated. Changes
in welfare programs may disproportionately affect high-poverty rural areas. ERS conducts research at the
family (micro) and area (macro) levels to provide policymakers
with a detailed picture of rural income, poverty, and
welfare-program conditions.
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