Rural ageing in the United States: Trends and contexts
Rural ageing in the United States: Trends and contexts
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.002
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Brown, David L.
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作者：
Glasgow, Nina;Brown, David L.
这篇论文考察了美国农村人口老龄化，特别关注老年农村居民生活的不同背景。我们比较了农村和城市老年人口的特征，并探索了与农村婴儿潮一代老龄化相关的挑战和机遇。美国幅员辽阔，美国农村地区在贫困和收入、主要就业形式、靠近大都市地区、人口规模、密度和构成、这些参数的变化历史以及影响老龄化进程的许多其他因素方面存在区域差异。因此，农村地区的多样性是影响农村老年人福祉的一个重要考虑因素，以及农村老龄化对社区的影响。此外，老年农村人口的特点有助于塑造不同农村社区的社区和农村发展成果。我们使用来自美国人口普查局的各种来源的数据，并引用其他研究来提供美国农村老龄化的人口概况，并分析这种情况在不同的社会人口和地区背景下如何不同。在结论部分，我们重点讨论与农村老龄化有关的政策影响。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
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. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.