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Residential Mobility Among the Rural Poor1
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Abstract This article explores frequent, short‐distance residential movement, an underrecognized and little studied aspect of rural poverty. In recent field research in high‐poverty communities of upstate New York, residential movement was studied through institutional records and staff interviews as well as unstructured interviews and residential histories in low‐income families. Overall, residential mobility is driven by the shortfall between household income and housing costs, and by changes in personal situations and partnering relationships. Higher frequency movement is associated with younger age, fewer children, and weaker social support networks but most moves were not job‐related. Utilizing an abbreviated version of the same methodology, scoping research was conducted in high‐poverty areas of nine other states; some differences and also some similarities span diverse regional, economic, and ethnic settings. For developing policy and programs to reduce mobility and minimize its negative consequences, more research on this phenomenon is needed.
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“but rural children's mobility is almost always related to poverty, and causes a heightened risk for academic failure (Paik & Phillips, 2002; U.S. GAO, 1994;Fitchen, 1994).”
From Impact of No Child Left Behind on Curriculum and Instruction in Rural Schools (2018) · cites this paper as Fitchen, 1994
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Impact of No Child Left Behind on Curriculum and Instruction in Rural Schools
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- Authors
- Fitchen, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Ithaca College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fitchen, Janet M.
- Venue
- Rural Sociology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1994-09
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 416-436
- ISSN
- 0036-0112 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-0831
- OpenAlex
- W1988954385
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 5.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Rural Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Keywords
- residential mobility, rural poverty, low-income households, housing costs, social support networks, upstate New York, high-poverty communities
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