Measures of per capita dollar incomes seem, at first hand, to be a good simple first approximation to obtaining some idea of the differences that exist between farmers' living standards and those of nonfarmers at any one point in time. But unfortunately, the following factors, among others, make...

This study applies the logic of queuing thcory to the availability of hospital services in a ruraloriented. multicounty planning district in northwestern lower Michigan. The seven hospitals in the area had 611 beds and provided services for 489 patient-days in 1 year. The study found that the...

The model for analyzing the impact of the Food Stamp Program on food purchased for use at home indicates that no continuous relationship exists between at-home food expenditures and income of food stamp participant households As previous studies have not allowed for this fact, they may have...

From time to time, many farm operators are faced with a choice between buying one of several types and sizes of combines and hiring a custom machine. Heretofore, research studies designed to aid farmers in making sound decisions of this type have considered primarily the effect of annual use, or...

Over the last few years several groups have experimented with the use of "observation" techniques for measuring the retail movement of fresh produce during a short period of time—a few days or a week. Some investigators have stated that the observation technique offers unique statistical...

Households participating in the Food Stamp Program increased their food expenditures an average of 10 percent Their food-at-home expenditures rose 19 percent while food-away-from-home expenditures declined 36 percent Increases occurred for cereal and dairy products, eggs, nonalcoholic beverages,...

Recent population trends have transformed many rural farming communities into residential suburbs. The changing pattern of land use has had important effects on farmland values and on farm property taxes. It has also placed a strain on the financial resources of local government. Especially...

A multiregional econometric model evaluates the impacts of changes in monetary policy on economic development in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan parts of each of the four principal U S Census regions Regional variations in the adaptation to a change in national monetary policy depend on a...

In regional economic development planning, achieving one objective often results In achieving less of another, tradeoffs exist among alternatives Two parts of area economic objectives are examined-gross regional product versus local employment and local wage bill versus local employment-and...

Education of the youth is recognized by workers in rural development as one of the most hopeful means of achieving satisfactory adjustment in low-income rural areas. Some writers have concluded that inadequacies in this regard represent one of the major causes for the persistence of problems in...