associated with improved county earnings in 1979-89, according to a multiple regression analysis of rural counties. Factors … concentrations of small independent businesses in the goods-producing sector. …

Rural Employment At A Glance is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of employment and … unemployment in rural areas. It documents changes and differences in metro and nonmetro employment growth, unemployment, earnings …

considered common necessities—such as cars, electricity, televisions, microwave ovens, and cell phones. Although rural residents … availability of broadband Internet in rural areas. As a result, rural residents depend more on Internet use outside of the home, in …

analyzes (1) rural broadband use by consumers, the community-at-large, and businesses; (2) rural broadband availability; and (3 …) broadband’s social and economic effects on rural areas. It also summarizes results from an ERS-sponsored workshop on rural … broadband use, and other ERS-commissioned studies. In general, rural communities have less broadband Internet use than metro …

beverage products. Food expenditures and incomes have grown much more slowly for rural and low-income urban households. …

Rural households in China have traditionally consumed food mostly grown on their own farms. While they continue to rely … on self-produced grains, vegetables, meats, and eggs for a large portion of their diet, rural households are now … purchasing more of their food as they enter the mainstream of the Chinese economy. Cash purchases of food by rural Chinese …

. Improved profitability enabled FCS institutions to strengthen their capital positions. Rural residence loans did not approach …