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Title: The Effects of Rural-to-Urban Migration on the Poverty Status of Youth in the 1980s
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1. Wenk, Deeann L.
Hardesty, Constance L.
The Effects of Rural-to-Urban Migration on the Poverty Status of Youth in the 1980s
Rural Sociology 58,1 (Spring 1993): 76-92.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1549-0831.1993.tb00483.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Rural Sociological Society
Keyword(s): Migration; Poverty; Rural/Urban Differences

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The effects of rural-to-urban migration on the poverty status of migrants have not been adequately explored. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine poverty status before and after a rural-to-urban migration, a proportional hazards model of time spent in poverty that begins in rural areas is estimated to determine whether moving to an urban area reduces the time spent in poverty moving to an urban area reduces the time spent in poverty while controlling for individual educational and family characteristics. Results indicate that moving from a rural to an urban area reduces time spent in poverty for white and black women but the effects are not statistically significant for men. Further, to adequately understand the relationship between moving to an urban area and poverty, the analysis examines the effects of moving on the length of time spent not employed.
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Wenk, Deeann L. and Constance L. Hardesty. "The Effects of Rural-to-Urban Migration on the Poverty Status of Youth in the 1980s." Rural Sociology 58,1 (Spring 1993): 76-92.