Cohabitation and Child Poverty in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America: 1995-2006
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Metropolitan America: beyond the transition.
Americans have always gravitated toward cities, and for most of this century, urban growth has continued at a fast pace. During the 1970s, however, nonmetropolitan area grew at the expense of many large metropolitan areas, especially those in the industrial Northeast and Midwest. New patterns of population distribution appeared to be emerging. This Bulletin analyzes the trends of the 1970s, ...
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