“Place” refers to where people live, learn, and/or work, and/or the characteristics thereof. It is often used interchangeably with “geography” and “location” in the poverty studies arena. Common measures of place include urbanicity (urban, exurban, suburban, rural), neighborhood, census tract, and region.
A history of residential segregation in the United States
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019
Segregation and subprime lending within and across metropolitan areas
- Jackelyn Hwang, Michael Hankinson, and Kreg Steven Brown
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019
Reducing pregnancy-Related maternal deaths in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2018
Moving into and out of rural poverty
- José D. Pacas and Elizabeth E. Davis
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
Rural-urban disparity in poverty persistence
- Iryna Kyzyma
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
Child poverty in rural America
- David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty
- Bruce Weber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
Are rural Americans still behind?
- James P. Ziliak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
Michael Light on Rates of Violence and the Consequences of Segregation
- Michael Light
- Podcasts
- October 2018
Rural Poverty Fifty Years After The People Left Behind
- Bruce Weber and Ann Tickamyer
- Webinar
- September 12 2018