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Rural ageing in the United States: Trends and contexts
Authors:Nina Glasgow  David L Brown
Institution:1. Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, 101 Academic Surge A, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA;2. Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, 125 Academic Surge A, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Abstract:This paper examines rural population ageing in the United States with a particular focus on the contrasting contexts in which older rural residents live. We compare the characteristics of the older population by rural versus urban residence, and explore challenges and opportunities associated with the ageing of rural baby boomers. The United States is a vast territory, and rural areas in the US are diverse regionally, in poverty and income, principal forms of employment, proximity to metropolitan areas, population size, density and composition, the history of change in these parameters, and a number of other factors that affect the ageing process. Hence, the diversity across rural areas is an important consideration in what affects the well being of rural elderly individuals, as well as the community-level impacts of rural ageing. Further, the characteristics of the older rural population help shape community and rural development outcomes for diverse rural communities. We use data from various US Census Bureau sources, and cite other studies to provide a demographic overview of ageing in the rural United States, and to analyze how this situation differs in varying socio-demographic and regional contexts. In the concluding section, we focus on policy implications associated with rural ageing.
Keywords:Rural ageing  Rural&ndash  urban comparisons  Baby boom ageing  Rural destinations of older in-migration  Natural decrease  Ageing in place
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