Understanding the Rise in Rural Child Poverty, 2003-14

Tracey Farrigan ; Thomas Hertz

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Poverty;    rural child poverty;    nonmetropolitan poverty;    Current Population Survey;    American Community Survey;    income inequality;    average income;    recession;    recovery;    demographic change;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-208

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. rural child poverty rate declined in the 1990s but has been rising since 2003, increasing through the recession of 2008-09 and peaking at 26.7 percent in 2012. Rural child poverty fell between 2012 and 2014 but remained above pre-recession levels. Adverse income-distribution changes (rising income inequality), more than a decline in average income, explain the rise in child poverty.See related Amber Waves article: Understanding Trends in Rural Child Poverty, 2003-14