INTRODUCTION Childhood obesity rates appear to be more pronounced among youth in rural areas of the USA. The availability of retail food outlets in rural communities that sell quality, affordable, nutritious foods may be an important factor for encouraging rural families to select a healthy diet and potentially reduce obesity rates. Researchers use the term 'food desert' to describe communities...

This paper shows the extent and nature of poverty in Britain at the beginning of the 21 century as measured by low-income thresholds (60% of the median household income), deprivation measures, subjective poverty measures and combined low income and deprivation poverty thresholds. Section One outlines some key trends in social and demographic change in Britain, and the potential implications of ...

This article sets a context for researchers, practitioners and policymakers for prevention and treatment of substance use among rural, low-income families. To increase understanding of the specific needs of families in rural communities, the authors use an emerging theoretical framework which combines the ecological model with a risk and resilience theoretical framework. Results of an explorato...

Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year 1997 is used. This unique data set contains tax information from all households that moved either within...

Traditionally, policymakers, communities, and industry have regarded the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) as a positive mandate for banks and thrifts to do good by increasing investment in lowand moderate-income (“LMI”) neighborhoods. The specific purpose of CRA is to encourage federally insured depository institutions “to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are ...

representation of the proximity and social interactions of different members of a hypothetical community. Jon M. Jachimowicz et al. studied how trust in one’s community influenced the long-term decisions of low-income individuals. Using archival data and laboratory studies that included more than 6,000 participants, the authors found that low-income individuals with higher levels of community t...

The fi rst phase of the Community Child Care Research Project consisted of gathering information about the child care contexts of four Indiana communities: Marion, Lake, Allen, and St. Joseph counties. To provide an initial picture of these four communities in relation to child care, we examined existing community data and child care indicators available for the communities, conducted qualitati...