Lyson, Thomas A; Irwin, Michael D; Tolbert, Charles M; … - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001
,500-20,000). The data on small towns are drawn from public-use files and from confidential microdata from various economic censuses … contribute to the residents’ social and economic well-being; and, second, to move beyond previous research that used larger … rates. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working with place-level data and suggest some strategies for …