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A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data

Priscilla Salant   |   August 10, 1990
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A Community Researcher’s Guide to Rural Data: Where to find answers to questions about Rural America’s Population and Labor Force, Income, Health, and Education, Industries and Government

Manual was prepared in order to present reliable and timely data as a prerequisite for sound planning and policy development.

Data on government, industries, and local economic structures is intended to provide researchers in locally based community development organizations with an increased skillset to carry out community impact.

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