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Research Materials for “Navigating Cultural and Economic Barriers to Girls’ Education in Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Qualitative Study of Female Agency” (ICPSR 307724)

Released/updated on: 2026-07-07
Geographic coverage: Pakistan
Time period: 2024-12-01--2025-03-31

This deposit contains research materials and documentation for a qualitative phenomenological study of girls’ education in rural Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study examines how girls aged 13–18 and their female relatives navigate cultural norms, economic constraints, institutional barriers, mobility restrictions, family decision-making, and emotional experiences related to schooling. Data were collected through semi-structured Pashto interviews and field observations with girls, mothers, and grandmothers from 20 families. The deposited materials include the methodological appendix, interview guide, observation protocol, coding framework, and data access/restriction documentation. Raw interview recordings, full transcripts, and detailed field notes are not publicly deposited because the study involved minors and participants from small rural communities, and public release could create risks of direct or indirect identification.

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National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Healthcare Services by Census Tract and ZCTA, United States, 1990-2022 (ICPSR 209050)

Released/updated on: 2026-03-31
Time period: 1990-01-01--2022-12-31

This dataset contains measures of the number and density of health care services per United States Census Tract or ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) from 1990 through 2022. The dataset includes four separate files for four different geographic areas (GIS shapefiles from the United States Census Bureau).

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The Mitigating Effects of Telehealth Uptake on Disparities in Maternal Care Access, Quality, Outcomes, and Expenditures, United States, 2018-2022 (ICPSR 39023)

Released/updated on: 2026-03-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2018-01-01--2022-12-31

This study explores whether perinatal telehealth uptake has mitigated the pandemic's effects on disparities in maternal care access, quality, and outcomes by race, ethnicity, and rural or urban residence. Research to date has approached this question in several ways. First, researchers have utilized census data to assess whether community-wide broadband infrastructure exists to support the use of telehealth services in areas with high travel times to maternal care units. Findings suggest that socioeconomically disadvantaged communities face significant barriers to maternity care access, both with substantial travel burdens and inadequate digital access to facilitate telehealth services. Second, to examine maternal care quality, researchers have employed South Carolina hospital-based claims data and vital statistics to identify racial, ethnic, and urban/rural disparities in rates of cesarean delivery before and during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Results indicate that cesarean rates differed by rural vs. urban facility locations and racial and ethnic groups but observed disparities were not significantly exacerbated by the pandemic. Third, using South Carolina hospital-based claims data and COVID-19 testing data, researchers found significant racial, ethnic, and rural disparities in postpartum readmissions involving mental health and substance use disorders from childbirth discharge through one year postpartum during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, drawing on data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), research has shown that hybrid care increased substantially during the COVID-19 public health emergency, but pregnant people living in rural areas had lower levels of hybrid care than urban people, and individuals who belonged to racial and ethnic minority groups were more likely to have hybrid care than White individuals.

Future research will investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and perinatal telehealth uptake on additional maternity care and birth outcomes by race, ethnicity, and urbanicity. The study also aims to assess how state-level telehealth policies relate to perinatal telehealth uptake by race, ethnicity, and urbanicity, and to develop a model to predict long-term changes in maternal care access, quality, outcomes, and expenditures, with and without state telehealth policies.

The ICPSR provides variable-level metadata for the data associated with this study. The actual data may only be available from the Principal Investigator directly. The variable descriptions available through ICPSR also include information regarding the source of each variable listed, as does the Data Source field of these metadata.

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Effects of Instructional Strategies on Pupils' Comfort and Confidence in Using Science Kits in Rural Primary Schools in Asunafo South District, Ghana (ICPSR 246944)

Released/updated on: 2026-03-15
Geographic coverage: Ghana
Time period: 2025-10-01--2025-10-31
Science education in Ghana faces persistent challenges in translating curriculum objectives into hands-on practice, particularly in rural schools. The rollout of curriculum-based science kits presents an opportunity to address this gap; however, limited evidence exists on how instructional strategies influence pupils' comfort and confidence in using these tools. This study examined the effects of instructional sequencing on Basic 6 students' comfort and confidence in using science kits in rural Ghanaian primary schools. Guided by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), a convergent parallel mixed-methods quasi-experimental design compared two instructional sequences: kit use before formal instruction (n = 17) and kit use after instruction (n = 24). Quantitative data were collected via a Perceived Ease of Use questionnaire, while qualitative data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with 10 students. Students generally perceived the kit as easy to use. A statistically significant difference was found between groups (U = 52.0, p < .001, r = 0.745). Students using the kit after instruction (M = 3.87) reported significantly higher confidence than those using it before instruction (M = 3.18). Qualitative findings highlighted the role of teacher explanation and structured guidance in improving perceived usability. Instructional sequencing significantly influences pupils' comfort and confidence. The reinforcement model enhances perceived ease of use. Recommendations include reinforcement-oriented instructional approaches and targeted professional development.
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Rural-urban disparities in post-acute therapy utilization: identifying hot spots of low utilization among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries toward informing policy and public health interventions (ICPSR 233575)

Released/updated on: 2026-01-21
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2013-01-01--2022-12-31
This project has two aims, each one described below.Aim 1: To quantify rural-urban disparities in rehabilitation therapy utilization (IRFs/ SNFs/ HHAs) among FFS Medicare beneficiaries (2021) and evaluate their change over time (2013-2021). Hypothesis 1: Rural Fee For Service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries had lower therapy utilization than urban counterparts in 2021. Hypothesis 2: Rural disparities have been stagnant or increased as opposed to significantly reduced over time (2013-2021), stratified for the pre- (2013-2019) and post-pandemic (2020-2021) times. We will use hierarchical linear multiple regressions. Dependent variable: counties’ therapy utilization rate for IRFs, SNFs, and HHAs combined. Independent variable: rural area, per two indicators: a) rural residency of FFS beneficiaries b) rural county gradient. Covariates: 1) FFS beneficiaries’ characteristics; 2) FFS Medicare expenditures; 3) counties’ disability statistics, e.g., poverty; 4) community-level health, health access and social determinants of health; and 6) regions and states. The significance of the interaction between years and rurality will be tested. Aim 2: To build interactive, user-centered maps of rehabilitation therapy utilization (IRFs / SNFs / HHAs), identifying hot spots of low utilization (in 2021) and their evolving trends (2013-2021).  A GIS (ArcGIS Pro) will be used to spatiotemporally analyze the data used in the Aim 1. First, we will develop choropleth maps: gradients of county-level utilization rates, intersected with rural areas. Second, hot spot analyses (statistical spatial clustering) will map clusters of counties with low utilization. Third, a spatiotemporal, emerging hot spot analysis (2013-2021) will map areas with up to eight types of time-trends such as those showing an intensifying or persistent low utilization. The spatiotemporal analysis will be also stratified for the pre- (2013-2019) and post-pandemic (2020-2021) time periods. All the maps, with customizable options, will be shared online for public access. An Advisory Group of target end-users (e.g., disability advocates, public health agents) will provide input throughout to design the maps’ attributes and refine them after beta testing
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National Wellbeing Survey, United States, 2024 (ICPSR 39493)

Released/updated on: 2026-01-06
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2024-01-01--2024-12-31
The National Wellbeing Survey (NWS) is an annual population-based cross-sectional survey of adults aged 18 to 64 in the United States first collected in 2021. Survey topics include psychosocial wellbeing, social relationships and support, participation in social activities, physical health, mental health, health behaviors, health care use, COVID-19, incarceration history, employment quality and experiences, socioeconomic measures, political orientation, and demographic measures.
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“I don’t like to take advantage”: How disabled adults get by with limited community resources in rural America (ICPSR 225082)

Released/updated on: 2025-06-23
Time period: 2022-01-01--2024-12-01
People with disabilities face barriers to accessing resources and supports they need to live independently in their communities. These barriers are amplified in rural communities where access to transportation, healthcare, personal care supports, food, and internet/communication technology can be limited. This study aims to better understand not only the limitations that rural people with disabilities face when trying to access community resources but also the strategies and solutions they employ to navigate these limitations. Using photo-elicitation interviews, the research team interviewed 12 rural community members with disabilities. We used thematic analysis to identify three core themes related to rural resource access. First, people with disabilities in rural areas described limited access to resources, particularly access to transportation which in turn limited their ability to access other services. Secondly, reliance on social capital and disability organizations emerged as critical sources of support that individuals leveraged to navigate their limited access to community resources. Finally, while social capital and community-based organizations are critical supports, systemic barriers continue to limit access to rural community resources impacting individuals access to care and quality of life. Increased community living supports and funding for community-based organizations in rural communities is critical to ensure that people with disabilities in all communities across the country have access to the resource they need to live independently in their communities.
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“I Figured It Might Be Because We Are Rural”: A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Opportunities Related to Home Based Personal Assistance Services (ICPSR 233925)

Released/updated on: 2025-06-23
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2021-01-01--2024-01-01
Personal care assistance (PCA) provides vital support so rural disabled people and older adults can live in their communities. Currently, the state of home and community-based services in the United States is dire, with major shortfalls in access and utilization of these services. Moreover, little is known about the experiences of people living in rural areas who need paid, inhome assistance with activities of daily living. Because rural areas are often underserved and under-resourced, this study aimed to understand the experiences of rural users of personal care assistance services to inform the development of a training for rural people. Between February and November of 2021, 38 semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 40 self-identified rural-dwelling people across the United States who use paid PCAs. Interview topics included finding, hiring, and training workers; worker qualities; and how living in a rural place impacted PCA services. Using thematic coding, results highlight how rurality intersected with participants’ daily experiences. Respondents identified 3 barriers to getting PCA services: (1) lack of transportation and travel distance, (2) worker shortages, and (3) fewer local community services; and one facilitator of obtaining PCA services: strong community connection. Additionally, some aspects of rural culture—such as valuing a slower pace of life, independence, and rugged individualism—presented both barriers and opportunities for rural PCA recipients. As the home care worker shortage crisis in the United States is expected to worsen in coming decades, rural people needing PCA services face unique circumstances related to place and culture.
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Exploring Metro and Non-metro Differences in Satisfaction With Services and Community Participation Among Low-Income Personal Assistance Service Users (ICPSR 233682)

Released/updated on: 2025-06-20
Geographic coverage: Texas, United States, Wisconsin, United States, Montana, United States, Arizona, United States, Alaska, United States
Time period: 2020-01-01--2020-12-31
Personal assistance services (PAS) are supports provided by workers to assist disabled people with their activities of daily living. Access to in-home PAS allows people who need assistance with these activities to live in their own homes and communities, rather than moving to congregate living facilities. Because metro and non-metro areas differ in many ways, we explored the following research questions: (1) Are there differences between non-metro and metro PAS users?, (2) What factors are associated with satisfaction with services?, and (3) What factors are associated with satisfaction with community participation?. We randomly surveyed PAS consumers in five states about their experiences with PAS. To answer the first question, we compared metro or non-metro consumers using independent samples t-tests. We found few statistically significant differences between metro and non-metro respondents. To answer the second and third research questions, we conducted linear regressions predicting our dependent variables. In terms of satisfaction with services, our model explained very little of the variance, other than finding that being partnered or married was significantly, positively related to satisfaction with services. In predicting satisfaction with community participation, the model explained about a quarter of the variance, with having fewer disabilities and higher health status predicting more satisfaction. This research indicates that there are few differences between metro and non-metro low-income PAS consumers and that more research is needed to understand what factors are related to satisfaction with services and community participation in this population.
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“Patiently waiting”: How do non-driving disabled adults get around in rural America (ICPSR 216421)

Released/updated on: 2025-06-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2022-01-01--2022-12-31
Most mobility needs in rural America are primarily met via driving. Yet many disabled adults cannot drive. Lack of adequate public transportation in rural areas exacerbates transportation-related disparities. We interviewed 33 non-driving disabled adults throughout the U.S. to explore how they get around in their rural communities. Research questions primarily focused on the relationships between transportation, community participation, healthcare access, and social capital. We used thematic analysis to identify themes related to our research questions. In general, interviewees described a dearth of public transportation options. Even if public transit were available, other issues limited use such as inaccessibility, expenses, or schedules and routes. Many participants also described getting rides from others. While this was a critical component of many individuals’ daily travel, it also introduced a layer of dependency and social pressure that otherwise would not exist with more independent means of transportation. Policy implications include improved public transit funding and strategies to promote universal auto access.
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Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color, Illinois, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 37176)

Released/updated on: 2025-05-29
Geographic coverage: United States, Illinois
Time period: 2016-01-01--2017-07-02
This study began to address the gap in the knowledge base about the violent victimization experiences, and related outcomes, of young Black males, ages 18 to 24. This study had a goal of creating and pilot testing an instrument that measured those experiences. Phase 1 included: conducting focus groups and key informant meetings, reviewing related instrumentation literature, and completing a draft of the instrument.
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Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) for Multiple Geographies (ICPSR 226101)

Released/updated on: 2025-04-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2020-01-01--2020-12-31
This project introduces researchers and other users to the Index of Relative Rurality (IRR), a continuous, multi-dimensional, and scalable measure for characterizing the rurality of areas or regions in the United States.  First proposed by Waldorf in 2006,[1] and later operationalized by Waldorf & Kim,[2,3] the IRR is an alternative to categorical measures such as the Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC), Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA), and Frontier and Remote (FAR) Codes, or binary classifications researchers derive from them.  We are distributing these data because IRR values for some of these US geographies have not been available previously, and because we want to clearly and fully document the data sources and methods necessary to calculate the IRR.  1.   Waldorf, B.S., 2006. A continuous multi-dimensional measure of rurality: Moving beyond threshold measures. Accessed 3/26/2025 at https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21383?v=pdf. 2.   Waldorf, B. and Kim, A., 2015. Defining and measuring rurality in the US: From typologies to continuous indices. In Commissioned paper presented at the Workshop on Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications, Washington, DC. Accessed 3/26/2025 at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_168031.pdf. 3.   Kim, A. and Waldorf, B., 2023. The Index of Relative Rurality (IRR): US County Data for 2020. Accessed 3/26/2025 at https://zenodo.org/records/7675745. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7675745
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Differences in social connectedness and perceived isolation among rural and urban adults with disabilities. (ICPSR 215021)

Released/updated on: 2025-04-01
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2017-01-01--2018-01-01
Background: Social isolation has been compared to smoking in terms of risk to public health. Some groups are at particularly high risk for these feelings, including people with disabilities and rural residents. Few studies have considered the potentially compounding effects of disability status and rural residency. Objective: To evaluate how reported satisfaction with social participation and perceived isolation relate to the health of rural and urban people with disabilities, and to consider whether number of disabilities, living arrangement, and employment status were associated with differences in reported satisfaction with social participation and perceived isolation. Methods: This observational, cross-sectional analysis utilized data from working-age adults with disabilities (n ¼ 1246) collected by the Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL). Results: There were significant associations between reported health and measures of satisfaction with social participation and perceived isolation (all ps < .001). Increased number of disability issues, not being employed, and living with at least one other person were associated with reduced satisfaction with social participation (ps < .01), and number of disability issues and not being employed were associated with increased perceived isolation (ps < .01). Urban residents reported feeling more isolated (ps < .05) and there were multiple predictor x geographic residency (rural versus urban) interactions. Conclusion: These results underscore the importance of considering geography as a factor in understanding satisfaction with social participation and perceived isolation and how these factors relate to health in people with disabilities.
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COEP Replication Package for "The Impacts of Shortage Area Designations on Mortality" (ICPSR 223341)

Released/updated on: 2025-03-17
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2007-01-01--2013-12-31
Spatial mismatch between patients and physicians constrains access to medical care and contributes to differential health outcomes. Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations identify areas where there are too few primary care physicians to treat the local population.  State and federal programs are used to incentivize an increase in primary care services for designated communities.  Propensity score matching methods estimate the effect of county-level primary care HPSA designation on mortality.  Designated counties experience an average three percent decline in overall mortality, a six percent decline in the cancer mortality rate and a 13% decline in the stroke mortality rate. 
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Evaluation of Using Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorders in a Correctional Setting, Massachusetts, 2020-2022 (ICPSR 38877)

Released/updated on: 2024-12-10
Geographic coverage: United States, Massachusetts
Time period: 2020-01-01--2022-12-31

With the third highest rates of overdose fatalities in the state and complexities with providing treatment in a rural setting, Franklin County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) in Massachusetts made a strategic decision in 2011 to shift their jail facility away from simply operating as a place to contain people, to becoming a jail that played an important role in the treatment solution to the opioid use epidemic. After more than 10 years of this transformation, FCSO has been able to offer all three federally approved Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) (i.e., buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone), provide high quality individual and group counseling, and facilitate a continuum of treatment care upon reentry. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, FCSO capitalized on its previously built infrastructure and system partners to continue to offer its services. FCSO also continued offering individual and group counseling via telehealth throughout the pandemic and shifted to a mix of telehealth and in-person services in 2022.

From 2020 to 2023, the research team partnered with FCSO to study how their jail approached MOUD treatment, particularly via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mixed-methods study aimed to understand whether treatment and individual counseling as its critical component could be done remotely, what facilitated or hindered its successful application, and how clients (i.e., incarcerated people) and the professionals supporting them perceived the effects.

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Rural Free Delivery Routes by County in the Deep South 1900-1910 (ICPSR 208822)

Released/updated on: 2024-09-01
The Rural Free Delivery Routes by County in the Deep South 1900-1910 contains data on the number of Rural Free Delivery routes present in each county in the Deep South from 1900 to 1910, with the exception of 1907 when data is not available. The data also contains the first and final years a RFD route was added in each county as well as whether counties bordered counties with RFD years in each year of the sample. The data came from The United States Postal Guide for 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910. 
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Reaching people with disabilities to learn about their experiences of social connection and loneliness (ICPSR 208782)

Released/updated on: 2024-08-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2019-10-01--2020-01-31
Background: People with disabilities experience higher rates of social isolation and loneliness than people without disabilities, but there is limited information about how these conditions are manifested in people with specific types of disabilities. Objectives: Using data collected as part of the second administration of the National Survey on Health and Disability (n = 2,132), our objectives were to determine if disability type and recruitment method added explanatory power to observed levels of social connectedness, after controlling for socio-demographic and environmental indicators. Methods: We used hierarchical regression to evaluate how socio-demographic, disability, environmental, and recruitment type explained four outcome variables for different dimensions of social connectedness, including satisfaction with social activity, quantity of social connections, quality of social connections, and loneliness. Results: Across all models, employment status (not employed), having mental illness/psychiatric disability, lack of transportation for social needs, and recruitment type (MTurk) significantly predicted lower levels of social connectedness. Conclusions: The study provides evidence that using alternative methods, such as MTurk, to complement conventional recruitment strategies can improve understanding of social isolation and feelings of loneliness among people with disabilities, particularly those with mental illnesses and/or psychiatric disorders who are less likely to be accessed through group affiliations, but who are at greater risk for experiencing social isolation and feelings of loneliness.
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Examining rural-urban disparities in perceived need for health care services among adults with disabilities (ICPSR 208783)

Released/updated on: 2024-08-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2019-10-01--2020-01-31
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to parse out differences between unmet need and perceived need for health care services among rural and urban adults with disabilities in the United States. While unmet need focuses primarily on environmental factors such as access to health insurance or provider availability, perceived need relates to personal choice. This distinction between unmet and perceived need is largely ignored in prior studies, but relevant to public health strategies to improve access and uptake of preventive care.Methods: Using Wave 2 data from the National Survey on Health and Disability, we explored rural and urban differences in unmet and perceived health care needs among working-age adults with disabilities for acute and preventive services. Findings: Although we found no significant differences in unmet needs between rural and urban respondents, we found that perceived needs for dental care and mental health counseling varied significantly across geography. Using logistic regression analysis and controlling for observable participant characteristics, we found that respondents living in noncore counties relative to metropolitan counties were more likely to report not needing dental care (OR 1.89, p = 0.028), and not needing mental health counseling services (OR 2.15, p ≤ 0.001).Conclusion: These findings suggest additional study is warranted to understand perceived need for preventive services and the levers for addressing rural disparities.
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Formative Evaluation of a Technology-Based Behavioral Health Program for Victims of Crime, North Carolina, 2019-2021 (ICPSR 38261)

Released/updated on: 2024-08-28
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, United States
Time period: 2019-01-01--2021-12-31

This initial Phase 1 formative evaluation included the development of a logic model to guide telehealth programming, an evaluability assessment of existing telehealth services, and a pilot test of initial implementation to capture the components needed for future fidelity assessment of these telehealth services as part of a multi-phase evaluation. The telemental health programming was focused on a hybrid approach of service delivery by El Futuro, a community-based organization in Durham, North Carolina. El Futuro's hybrid model of telemental health services combines methods of telehealth and in-person treatment with an array of service components including psychotherapy, psychiatric services, and case management for individuals who were victims of crime (VOCs) seeking mental health services.

Data associated with this project contain information about telehealth sites, client gender, psychiatric diagnoses, session types for the hybrid model, reported traumas for the overall sample used in the evaluability, and feasibility portion of the formative evaluation. The collection also includes outcome information for a subset of participants, such as client reported improvement and satisfaction.

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Events Across the Life Course Contribute to Higher Mobility Impairment Rates in Rural U.S. (ICPSR 208606)

Released/updated on: 2024-08-20
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2021-01-01--2022-01-01
Purpose: This paper investigates how life events such as injuries, health insurance coverage, geography, and occupation contribute to mobility disability rates over time. Findings can inform policies and practices to address factors that may contribute to disability in rural and urban areas. Methods: We utilized 27 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data from 1979 to 2016 to explore how past injury, occupation, health insurance coverage, and rurality predicted mobility impairment at ages 40 and 50 using regression analysis. Findings: Rural respondents reported significantly higher rates of mobility impairment at age 40 and age 50 relative to people living in urban areas, and were more likely to report injury, work in high exertion occupations, and experience several pain-related health conditions. Using logistic regression and controlling for race and education, we found that people had higher odds of experiencing mobility impairment at age 40 if they reported a broken bone in the last 10 years, reported ever being knocked unconscious, had any workplace injury from 1988 to 2000, or lived in a rural area. People reported lower odds of mobility impairment if they had more consistent health insurance coverage over time. Further analysis showed that people consistently uninsured over time were 91% more likely to report mobility impairment at age 40 than those consistently insured. Conclusion: A better understanding of environmental factors associated with disability such as access to insurance, risk exposures, resources, and other place-based behaviors can inform additional strategies for reducing the severity and duration of mobility disability.
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Transportation Patterns of Adults With Travel-Limiting Disabilities in Rural and Urban America (ICPSR 207768)

Released/updated on: 2024-07-08
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2017-01-01--2017-12-30
Lack of transportation is a significant barrier to community participation for many disabled adults. Living in a rural area introduces additional transportation barriers, such as having to travel long distances to access services or socialize, and limited public transit options. While the importance of transportation access is clear, the mix of different transportation options used by people with disabilities to participate in their communities is less understood, particularly among those who do not or cannot drive. This study used 2017 data from the National Household Travel Survey to explore transportation behaviors among disabled adults in rural and urban areas. Several geographic differences emerged among non-drivers. Rural non-drivers were less likely to take any trip, particularly for social activities, and reported using less public transportation or walking/rolling than urban non-drivers. Overall, disabled rural adults reported lower odds of giving up driving, even after controlling for socio-demographic and health characteristics.
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2023 California Delta Residents Survey (ICPSR 195447)

Released/updated on: 2024-07-01
Geographic coverage: California, United States
Time period: 2023-02-01--2023-05-31
The Delta Residents Survey (DRS) was a household survey conducted in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Northern California in 2023 to better understand residents' attitudes on key social and environmental challenges in the region. The data were collected via a survey (available online through Qualtrics or as a print version), with survey invitations sent by mail to a random sample of 82,000 household addresses in the rural “Primary Zone” of the Delta (survey Zone 1), the suburban and urban “Secondary Zone” of the Delta (survey Zone 2) and Delta-adjacent “EJ Communities” in South Sacramento and South Stockton (survey Zone 3). Maps of the survey zones are available in project documentation and the Results Summary Report. The survey was available in English and Spanish. Over 2,300 responses were received, constituting a 2.9 percent response rate. The survey included 43 multiple choice and short response questions, broken up into five sections around key themes: 
  • Sense of place and way of life
  • Regional priorities, concerns, and quality of life
  • Environmental and climate change experiences, concerns, and policy preferences
  • Civic engagement and good governance
  • Demographics
The research was conducted by a collaborative team of environmental social scientists across multiple research universities (UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Oregon State University, and Sacramento State University) and was funded by the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program (a California State Agency). Significant community engagement and partnership efforts were carried out to improve the relevancy of survey questions and interpretation of data.Additional resources, including summary report of results and other research products using the data, are posted on our project website as they become available: https://ktomari.github.io/DeltaResidentsSurvey/.We also have a GitHub repository, where R scripts (and accompanying plain-text descriptions of the functions used that can be translated into other programming languages) are posted, which provide the easiest way for reading in the data and ensuring variable types are set correctly. We highly recommend using or referencing these scripts for the easiest and most accurate use of the data: https://github.com/ktomari/DeltaResidentsSurvey.
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Vocational Rehabilitation service receipt, service expenditures, and ruralness (ICPSR 203706)

Released/updated on: 2024-05-23
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2022-01-01--2022-12-31
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) programs in the United States help individuals with disabilities find, maintain, or advance their employment outcomes. Vocational Rehabilitation programs vary across states and can offer services such as vocational assessment, counseling, training, job placement, and support. However, disparities exist in how services are provided to consumers, particularly concerning demographic factors and geographical location. This study analyzed data from the 2015 Rehabilitation Services Administration Case Service Report (RSA-911), which contains detailed information on demographics, disability types, VR services, and employment status for cases closed during the fiscal year 2015. Approximately 86% of all cases were included in the final study sample after data cleaning procedures, ensuring a comprehensive and complete analysis of the data. The analysis examined how distance from urban centers influences the receipt of VR services, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Results revealed that factors like race, age, education level, and proximity to metro areas significantly impact the likelihood of consumers to receive certain services and the overall levels of purchases of those services. For instance, individuals living further from urban centers were more likely to receive VR services directly from the VR agency itself, rather than services obtained through external VR providers. Moreover, disparities in how services are provided, or delivered, to consumers highlight the need for policies and procedures to address sociodemographic differences to ensure equitable access to VR services for all individuals.
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National Survey of Rural Physicians, 1993 (ICPSR 6848)

Released/updated on: 2024-02-14
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1993-01-01--1993-12-31
The purpose of this survey was to examine various dimensions of physician availability in rural areas and their impact on access to care. Rural physicians provided information on the characteristics of their current practice setting, such as type of practice arrangement (solo practice, owner/part owner of group practice, employed by another physician or group of physicians, employed by a hospital, community or migrant health center, HMO, or the federal government, or some other arrangement), number of physician and nonphysician personnel in the practice, and number of patient visits. Respondents supplied the number of hours spent providing patient care and traveling to provide care during the most recent complete work week, percentage of time spent providing primary care services, and the usual fee for an office visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient that required a detailed examination, medical decision-making of moderate complexity, and 25 minutes of time face-to-face with the patient (CPT code 99214). Additional topics covered whether the practice had a contract with a preferred provider organization (PPO), a capitated managed care plan such as a health maintenance organization (HMO), or an independent practice association (IPA), and the percentage of the practice's revenue that came from Medicaid, PPOs for privately insured patients, IPAs or HMOs for privately insured patients, and Medicare. The physicians were also asked about plans to expand or reduce their practice, the amount of debt from medical education they carried when they first went to work for the rural practice, and whether working at a rural practice fulfilled a service obligation in exchange for some or all of the debt from their medical education. Respondents' opinions were sought on their practice, the community in which it was located, and on health care reform. Other information gathered by the survey included location of the practice, the year the respondent first went to work for the practice, and the respondent's primary specialty, board certification(s), hospital admitting privileges, marital status, income, race, and Hispanic origin.
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Developing Research Priorities for Facilitating Community Living and Participation in Rural Areas (ICPSR 198226)

Released/updated on: 2024-02-09
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2021-09-01--2023-09-01
Study Summary
Title: Understanding Factors related to Community Living and Participation in Rural Areas Sponsor: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR, Grant 90RTCP0001-01-00) Principal Investigator: Mark Salzer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Director, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, Temple University. Objective: This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators to community participation among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) in rural areas, to gather insights for expanding and developing interventions that promote community participation in rural communities. Background: Community participation is crucial for the health and well-being of individuals with SMI, but it tends to be lower in rural areas due to various factors like distance to opportunities, lack of transportation, and difficulties in engaging local organizations. Methodology – Stakeholder Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators of Community Participation: - Recruitment: We partnered with a managed care organization and an association of rural county mental health policymakers in Pennsylvania to identify rural counties that were interested in participating in data collection efforts. Three rural counties expressed interest. In-person meetings were scheduled with individuals with SMI and their family members, and provid­ers from each of these counties on two separate occasions. - Participants: 87 individuals from six stakeholder groups, including individuals with SMI, family members, service providers, agency administrators, county mental health administrators, and behavioral health managed care. - Data Collection: Two half-day facilitated group events in two rural counties of Pennsylvania, either in-person or online for a total of six meetings. The questions asked in the first meetings in both counties were: 1) what activities are important to people with SMI and rural areas, and 2) what are some of the barriers and facilitators to participation in rural areas. Participants were each given three sticky dots to place on their top three important activities and their top three barriers. The question asked in the second meeting was about potential solutions to the barriers presented in the first meeting. Participants discussed aspects of community participation, barriers, facilitators, and priorities for interventions. Participants in the first and second sessions could be different, and the person who attended the first session didn’t have to attend the second, and vice versa. - Data Analysis: Qualitative analysis to identify themes and patterns related to community participation in rural areas. A count of the top activities and barriers based on those selected by participants with the dots. Methodology – Pennsylvania Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (PAPRS): - Participants: 87 attendees of a 90-minute virtual session of the annual PAPRS conference participated in the study. Conference attendees were service providers that primarily work in psychiatric rehabilitation programs or in recovery-oriented non-clinical services such as peer support, residential rehabilitation, or service coordination. The conference session was specifically described as pertaining to providers who work or live in rural areas with a focus on identifying barriers to community inclusion and participation and strategies to mitigate them among individuals with SMI in rural areas. - Data Collection: During the first 30 minutes of the session, participants were given a presentation providing background research on community inclusion and participation of individuals with SMI, were informed about the research procedures, and consented to participate in the study. Attendees were then randomly assigned into 8 breakout groups of approximately 10 participants each. During the remaining 60 minutes they primarily worked in their groups to answer the following questions: 1) what are the possible barriers to community participation in rural areas?, and 2) what are some current facilitators or potential strategies that could be used to promote community participation in rural areas? Each group took notes on a Google document that was accessible to the research team for qualitative analysis. - Data Analysis: The study employed directed content coding, initially categorizing data based on pre-existing research on community participation barriers and facilitators, with the first author coding responses using these categories. Emergent categories were later developed for non-fitting responses, followed by a review and consensus process involving a second and third coder for any discrepancies. Key Measures: - Qualitative Measures: Discussions and activities focusing on experiences with community participation, barriers, facilitators, and potential solutions. Confidentiality: Measures were in place to ensure participant privacy and confidentiality. No personal health information was collected.
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CNH-EX: Inside the Charcoal Trade: Investigating the Dynamic Intersections Between Economic Development, Urbanization, and Forest Degradation in Mozambique, 2012-2015 (ICPSR 38700)

Released/updated on: 2023-03-30
Geographic coverage: Mozambique
Time period: 2012-01-01--2015-12-31
This interdisciplinary study investigates critical elements of the coupled natural-human system that connects urban energy demands, rural livelihoods, and Miombo ecosystem health in rapidly urbanizing areas of southern Africa. This dynamic and complex system is expected to experience rapid changes in the coming years as a result of urbanization, particularly in mid-size cities like this case study in Tete, Mozambique. This study looked at local-level decision-making regarding charcoal production and use.
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EU FAR Database: EU Funds absorbed by Romanian Municipalities 2016-2021 (ICPSR 186702)

Released/updated on: 2023-03-16
Geographic coverage: Romania
Time period: 2016-01-01--2021-12-31
EU Funds by Area Results project offers publicly available data aligned with the FAIR movement (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) on EU funding for all Romanian municipalities (LAU 2 level) for the entire programming period of 2014-2020, based on data availability. The project team will update the database until all the expenditures conducted by municipalities for the entire programming period will be reflected in the database. The work stimulates development of granular open data on EU funding and provides evidence-based analyses for fostering balanced territorial development. The methodology for computing aggregated sums can be further replicated across other EU countries to advance comparable large research datasets.
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2010 United States Census Tract Community Type Classification and Neighborhood Social and Economic Environment Score for 2000 and 2010, from the Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities (LEAD) Network (ICPSR 38645)

Released/updated on: 2023-03-07
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2000-01-01--2011-10-01
This dataset contains two measures designed to be used in tandem to characterize United States census tracts, originally developed for use in stratified analyses of the Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities (LEAD) Network. The first measure is a 2010 tract-level community type categorization based on a modification of Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) Codes that incorporates census-designated urban areas and tract land area, with five categories: higher density urban, lower density urban, suburban/small town, rural, and undesignated (McAlexander, et al., 2022). The second measure is a neighborhood social and economic environment (NSEE) score, a community-type stratified z-score sum of 6 US census-derived variables, with sums scaled between 0 and 100, computed for the year 2000 and 2010. A tract with a higher NSEE z-score sum indicates more socioeconomic disadvantage compared to a tract with a lower z-score sum. Analysts should not compare NSEE scores across LEAD community types, as values have been computed and scaled within community type.
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Study to Promote Innovation in Rural Integrated Telepsychiatry (SPIRIT), Arkansas, Michigan, and Washington, 2016-2020 (ICPSR 38542)

Released/updated on: 2022-12-14
Geographic coverage: United States, Arkansas, Washington, Michigan
Time period: 2016-01-01--2020-12-31

This study addressed whether it is better to expand the scope of collaborative care programs to treat patients with more complex psychiatric disorders or to facilitate successful referrals to specialty mental health care. The primary objective of this study is to compare Telepsychiatry Collaborative Care (TCC) and Telepsychiatry Enhanced Referral (TER) from the patient and provider perspective. The secondary objective is to determine whether patients not engaging and responding to TER, improve with Phone-Psychiatry Enhanced Referral (PER). There are four specific aims.

Aim #1: To quantitatively compare the treatment experience, engagement, self-reported clinical outcomes, and recovery-oriented outcomes of patients initially randomized to TCC and TER.

Aim #2: For the subset of patients randomized to TER who do not engage in treatment and are still symptomatic at 6 months, quantitatively compare treatment experience, treatment engagement, self-reported clinical outcomes and recovery-oriented outcomes of patients randomized to continued-TER or PER.

Aim #3: To gain an in-depth understanding of patients' and providers' treatment experience, qualitatively compare those randomized to TCC, TER and PER.

Aim #4: To examine treatment heterogeneity among subgroups of patients randomized to TCC and TER based on race/ethnicity, age and clinical severity.

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National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Urbanicity by Census Tract, United States, 2010 (ICPSR 38606)

Released/updated on: 2022-12-12
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2010-01-01--2010-12-31
This dataset contains measures of the urban/rural characteristics of each census tract in the United States. These include proportions of urban and rural population, population density, rural/urban commuting area (RUCA) codes, and RUCA-based four- and seven-category urbanicity scales.
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The Influence of Subjective and Objective Rural School Security on Law Enforcement Engagement, Nebraska, 2017-2018 (ICPSR 37915)

Released/updated on: 2021-07-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Nebraska
Time period: 2017-01-01--2018-12-31

This study is to understand how perceptions and the organization of school safety and security are associated with the level and type of law enforcement engagement in rural schools. A triangulation mixed methods design was used to collect and examine individual, school, and community level quantitative and qualitative data. The social-ecological theory of violence prevention guides the research by predicting that an interplay of factors at multiple levels influences the type and level of law enforcement engagement in rural schools.

Specifically, it was predicted that the more organized and coordinated a school is in the area of safety and security, the more likely it is to be formally engaged with law enforcement. Formal engagement is defined as use of some version of the school resource officer (SRO) model or defined roles and responsibilities for law enforcement in schools that are articulated in documents such as a memorandum of agreement or understanding.

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Race, Climate, and Turnover: An Examination of the Teacher Labor Market in Rural Georgia (ICPSR 131301)

Released/updated on: 2021-02-20
Geographic coverage: Georgia, United States
Time period: 2011-01-01--2019-12-31
Teacher turnover across the country presents a persistent and growing challenge for schools and districts, with the highest rates of turnover geographically concentrated in the American South. Research on teacher staffing and turnover problems consistently highlights two subsets of schools as struggling to attract and retain well-credentialed, effective educators—predominantly Black schools and rural schools. However, research has rarely explicitly examined the schools that meet both these criteria. We use administrative records and unique climate survey data from Georgia to examine how the intersecting roles of race, money, and school climate shape evolving teacher turnover patterns in rural schools. Findings suggest that while teacher mobility is generally less common in rural schools, considerable inequities exist within the rural space, with majority Black rural schools bearing far more of the brunt of rural teacher turnover. Among rural teachers, Black teachers have higher mobility rates—more likely to make inter-district moves and to exit rural settings for teaching opportunities in urban and suburban contexts. However, in majority-Black rural schools, higher salaries and school climate factors, such as relational climate and parental involvement, were strong predictors of retention, even after controlling for a rich set of covariates.
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The Rural-Nonrural Divide?: Data and Analysis Files (ICPSR 129661)

Released/updated on: 2020-12-22
Geographic coverage: California, United States
Time period: 2004-01-01--2018-12-31
This project includes replication files for the AERA Open manuscript "The Rural-Nonrural Divide? K-12 District Spending and Implications of Equity-Based School Funding"
The abstract of the paper is included below:
In the 2013-14 school year, the state of California implemented a new equity-minded funding system, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). LCFF increased minimum per-pupil funding for educationally underserved students and provided greater autonomy in allocating resources. We use the implementation of LCFF to enrich our understanding of rural school finance and explore the implications of equity-based school finance reform across urbanicity (i.e., between rural, town, suburban, and urban districts), and between rural areas of different remoteness. Drawing on 15 years of financial data from California school districts, we find variation in the funding levels of rural districts but few differences in the ways resources are allocated and only modest evidence of constrained spending in rural areas. Our results suggest that spending progressivity (i.e., spending advantage of higher-poverty districts) has increased since LCFF, although progressivity is lowest in rural districts by the end of the data panel.
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Examining the Teacher Labor Market in Different Rural Contexts: Variations by Urbanicity and Rural States (ICPSR 123102)

Released/updated on: 2020-09-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1988-01-01--2012-12-31
Using repeated cross-sectional nationally representative data, we demonstrate how the teacher labor markets for rural contexts are different than those at urban-suburban areas. We also show that teacher attrition is not uniform across various rural settings. In particular, novice teachers in rural schools in sparsely populated states are more likely to turn over than novice teachers in urban-suburban schools in sparsely populated states. We also examine how teacher and school characteristics are associated with turnover in different rural contexts. The findings indicate there should be a concerted effort to examine teacher attrition in various rural contexts and not simply as delineation from urban-suburban areas.
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Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities, Kentucky, 2007-2018 (ICPSR 37168)

Released/updated on: 2019-07-25
Geographic coverage: United States, Kentucky
Time period: 2013-01-01--2017-12-31, 2016-01-01--2018-12-31, 2016-01-01--2017-12-31, 2015-01-01--2018-12-31, 2016-01-01--2017-12-31, 2012-01-01--2015-12-31, 2007-01-01--2017-12-31

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

This study includes data that was used to investigate the effect of legislative and judicial factors on system responses to sex trafficking of minors (STM) in metropolitan and non-metropolitan communities. To accomplish this, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the immunity, protection, and rehabilitative elements of a state safe harbor law. This project was undertaken as a response to a growing push to pass state safe harbor laws to align governmental and community responses to the reframing of the issue of sex trafficking of minors that was ushered in with the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).

This collection includes 4 SPSS files, 3 Excel data files, and 2 SPSS Syntax files:

  1. Child-Welfare-Human-Trafficking-Reports-2013-2017-data.xlsx
  2. Judicial-Interview-De-identified-Quantitative-Data-for-NACJD_REV_Oct2018.sav (n=82; 36 variables)
  3. Judicial-online-survey-data-for-NACJD_REV_Dec2018.sav (n=55; 77 variables)
  4. Juvenile-Justice-Screening-for-HT-2015-MU-MU-0009.xlsx
  5. Post-implementation-survey-data-for-NACJD_REV_Dec2018.sav (n=365; 1029 variables)
  6. Pre-implementation-survey-data-for-NACJD_REV_Dec2018.sav (n=323; 159 variables)
  7. Recode-syntax-for-pre-implementation-survey-for-NACJD.sps
  8. Statewide-juvenile-court-charges-2015-MU-MU-0009-to-NACJD.xlsx
  9. Syntax-for-post-implementation-survey-data-to-NACJD.sps

Qualitative data from judicial interviews and agency open-ended responses to Post-Implementation of the Safe Harbor Law Survey are not available as part of this collection.

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Black Rural and Urban Caregivers Mental Health/Functioning, Missouri, 1999-2002 (ICPSR 36349)

Released/updated on: 2019-01-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Missouri
Time period: 1999-01-01--2002-12-31

The Black Rural and Urban Caregivers Mental Health/Functioning data collection includes survey data collected in 2000-2002 from African American females age 65 and older, who provide unpaid care for older African American adults in the St. Louis Metropolitan area and seven rural Missouri counties (Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard).

Because of inadequate recruitment knowledge about rural African American caregivers and persistent reports of challenges when involving African Americans elders in research, this study focused on the involvement of African American rural elders and recruitment of their female informal caregivers in a study of caregivers' well-being and service use. African Americans comprise the largest group of ethnic and racial minority elders aged 65 and older in the U.S. population thus making up one half of all ethnic and racial minority elders. Numerical changes in population size and increasing longevity of older African Americans direct attention to African American informal female caregivers- persons most likely to assist African American elderly with daily living tasks, personal needs, and long-term care. More disabled and chronically ill African American elders portend continuing need from informal or unpaid caregivers for dependent care.

There are two datasets associated with this study, a public-use (da36349-0001) and restricted-use (da36349-0002) version of the same survey data. Both data files contain 521 cases and 1438 variables. However, the restricted file contains continuous as opposed to categorical values for age variables rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Rural Establishment Innovation Survey (ICPSR 36544)

Released/updated on: 2016-11-29
Geographic coverage: United States

In 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) conducted the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey (REIS). This survey provides a nationally representative sample of innovation processes in rural businesses. REIS defines innovation as the introduction of new goods, services, or ways of doing business that are valued by consumers. Traditional measures from secondary data sources, such as patents or research and development (R&D) expenditures, focus on science and engineering-based innovation, which usually depict rural innovation as rare or idiosyncratic. By focusing instead on a broader definition of innovation, the REIS provides a fuller assessment of rural innovative capacity.

The main research questions for this survey were:

  • Are rural firms as innovative as urban firms?
  • What constraints are impeding the innovative capacity of firms?
  • What strategies are innovative firms using to mitigate these constraints?

The target population for the survey was Nonmetro and metro establishments with 5 or more employees in tradable sectors (mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, finance, information, professional/technical/scientific services, arts and management of businesses). REIS used the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Business Register for its sampling frame. Responses from 11,600 businesses were usable.

These data include responses from businesses in the Arts & Museums industry category. These businesses were oversampled by a factor of 3.3 to ensure reliable statistics.

The REIS data are restricted and require users to apply for access to the data. For permission to access to these data, visit the ERS Rural Economy Population: Business Industry page and scroll to the bottom of the page for contact information. If permission to access the data is granted, the data can be viewed through the NORC data enclave.

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Ghana Population, Consumption and Environment (PCE) Survey, 2002 (ICPSR 34830)

Released/updated on: 2016-07-05
Geographic coverage: Africa, Ghana, Global
Time period: 2002-01-01--2002-12-31
The Ghana Population, Consumption, and Environment Survey (or Ghana-PCE Survey) was conducted in 2002 in collaboration with investigators at the University of Science and Technology (Kumasi) and the University of Cape Coast. The survey was designed to examine the social and demographic processes that are closely linked to health and environmental health risks, and how these in turn influence local thinking about environmental issues. The 2002 Ghana-PCE Survey collected information on women's birth histories (birth dataset), occupations and events over the respondent's lifetime (men's and women's calendar datasets), and the health of respondents' children who were at or under 6 years of age (children dataset). Additionally, information was collected on the availability of services such as electricity and drinking water, economic conditions, and perceived necessity of developmental programs (community dataset), as well as the availability of services such as waste disposal, the size of households, and the materials used in construction of houses (household dataset). Respondents' were also asked about voting behavior, community organization membership, public health practices, knowledge of illnesses in children, prevention and treatment of diseases, family planning, and environmental attitudes and awareness (individual dataset). Demographic information collected includes age, sex, occupation, birth region, languages spoken, ethnicity, marital status, residence ownership, religion, and education.
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Nebraska Natural Resource Survey, 2012 (ICPSR 36449)

Released/updated on: 2016-06-14
Geographic coverage: United States, Nebraska
Time period: 2012-01-01--2012-12-31
The Nebraska Natural Resource Survey, 2012 data were collected to assess the role that trust plays in driving intention to cooperate with a natural resource management institution, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC). Data were collected from a random sample of Nebraska landowners with more than 20 acres of rural land, in which urban land was excluded by zip code. Survey questions included measures of the respondent's knowledge, experience, and perceptions of the NGPC's practices, policies, and goals. Respondents were also queried on any landowner programs they had participated in through the NGPC and their experiences and recommendations surrounding them. Respondents were asked to address environmental concern issues in the relational context of the NGPC. Finally respondents were asked to rate their own trustworthiness and how they felt about the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal. Demographic information within this collection includes age, sex, race/ethnicity, political affiliation, as well as where they fall on the political spectrum.
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Gender Equity-focused, Male-centered Family Planning for Rural India (ICPSR 35856)

Released/updated on: 2015-04-23
Geographic coverage: India
The study involves development and testing of the Counseling Husbands to Achieve Reproductive health and Marital equity (CHARM) Program. In Phase 1, the project conducts in-depth interviews with rural young husbands (N=30), rural young wives (N=20), and health care providers (N=12), as well as focus groups with mothers of rural young husbands (N=40). Phase 2 involves development and pilot testing of CHARM protocols and training of volunteer health professionals (VHPs) for their role in the intervention trial. In Phase 3, villages (N=50) are randomized to receive either CHARM or the control program (standard FP referral to government public health centers [PHCs] located outside of villages), to assess treatment impact on spacing contraceptive use, pregnancy, and unmet family planning needs. Intervention effects are assessed via behavioral surveys collected on hand-held computers (PDAs) with rural young husbands (18-30 years) and their wives (N=1500 couples, 30 couples per village) at baseline and 6, 12, and 18 month follow-up, as well as pregnancy tests from wives, conducted at baseline and 18 month follow-up.
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Gansu Poverty and Education Project, Wave 1, 2000 (ICPSR 28661)

Released/updated on: 2012-03-08
Geographic coverage: China (Peoples Republic)
Time period: 2000-01-01--2000-12-31

China's dramatic economic and educational changes over the past 20 years have stimulated concerns about the education of children in rural areas. Recent empirical studies give evidence of growing disparities in educational opportunities between urban and rural areas and socio-economic and geographic inequities in basic-level educational participation within rural areas. These studies also point to a persisting gender gap in enrollment and to the disproportionate impact of poverty on girls' educational participation (Hannum 1998b; Zhang 1998). This study focused on the influence of poverty on the schooling of 11 to 14 year-old children in rural Gansu, an interior province in Northwest China characterized by high rates of rural poverty and a substantial dropout problem. Substantively, this study was innovative in adopting an integrated approach: it focused on the community, family, and school contexts in which children are educated. Methodologically, the study combined information on children's academic performance and school characteristics, with a household-based sample that allowed examination of the academic experiences of children who have left the education system as well as those who have persisted in it. Finally, the project was the baseline wave for the first large-scale, longitudinal study devoted to education and social inequality conducted in rural China. Results of this study contribute to an understanding of basic social stratification processes and provide insights for developing intervention strategies to improve educational access and effectiveness in rural China.

Wave 1 of this study (2000) has been archived and is available for download at ICPSR-DSDR. For information about Waves 2-4 (2004, 2007, 2009), please see the Gansu Survey of Children and Families Web site.

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Chinese Household Income Project, 1995 (ICPSR 3012)

Released/updated on: 2010-07-28
Geographic coverage: China (Peoples Republic)
Time period: 1995-01-01--1995-12-31

The purpose of this project was to measure and estimate the distribution of personal income in both rural and urban areas of the People's Republic of China. The principal investigators based their definition of income on cash payments and on a broad range of additional components: payments in kind valued at market prices, agricultural output produced for self-consumption valued at market prices, the value of food and other direct subsidies, and the imputed value of housing services. The rural component of this collection consists of two data files, one in which the individual is the unit of analysis (Part 1) and a second in which the household is the unit of analysis (Part 2). Individual rural respondents reported on their employment status, level of education, Communist Party membership, type of employer (e.g., public, private, or foreign), type of economic sector in which they were employed, occupation, whether they held a second job, retirement status, monthly pension, monthly wage, and other sources of income. Demographic variables include relationship to householder, gender, age, and student status. Rural households reported extensively on the character of the household and residence. Information was elicited on type of terrain surrounding the house, geographic position, type of house, and availability of electricity. Also reported were sources of household income (e.g., farming, industry, government, rents, and interest), taxes paid, value of farm, total amount and type of cultivated land, financial assets and debts, quantity and value of various crops, amount of grain purchased or provided by a collective, use of chemical fertilizers, gasoline, and oil, quantity and value of agricultural machinery, and all household expenditures (e.g., food, fuel, medicine, education, transportation, and electricity). The urban component of this collection also consists of two data files, one in which the individual is the unit of analysis (Part 3) and a second in which the household is the unit of analysis (Part 4). Individual urban respondents reported on their economic status within the household, Communist Party membership, sex, age, nature of employment, and relationship to the household head. Information was collected on all types and sources of income from each member of the household whether working, nonworking, or retired, all revenue received by owners of private or individual enterprises, and all in-kind payments (e.g., food, durable goods, and nondurable goods). Urban households reported total income (including salaries, interest on savings and bonds, dividends, rent, leases, alimony, gifts, and boarding fees), all types and values of food subsidies received, and total debt. Information was also gathered on household accommodations and living conditions, including number of rooms, total living area in square meters, availability and cost of running water, sanitary facilities, heating and air-conditioning equipment, kitchen availability, location of residence, ownership of home, and availability of electricity and telephone. Households reported on all their expenditures including amounts spent on food items such as wheat, rice, edible oils, pork, beef and mutton, poultry, fish and seafood, sugar, and vegetables by means of coupons in state-owned stores and at free market prices. Information was also collected on rents paid by the households, fuel available, type of transportation used, and availability and use of medical and child care.

The Chinese Household Income Project collected data in 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007. ICPSR holds data from the first three collections, and information about these can be found on the series description page. Data collected in 2007 are available through the China Institute for Income Distribution.

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Chinese Household Income Project, 1988 (ICPSR 9836)

Released/updated on: 2010-07-06
Geographic coverage: China (Peoples Republic)
Time period: 1988-01-01--1988-12-31

The purpose of this project was to measure and estimate the distribution of income in both rural and urban areas of the People's Republic of China. The principal investigators based their definition of income on cash payments and on a broad range of additional components: payments in kind valued at market prices, agricultural output produced for self-consumption valued at market prices, the value of ration coupons and other direct subsidies, and the imputed value of housing. The rural component of this collection consists of two data files, one in which the individual is the unit of analysis and a second in which the household is the unit of analysis. Individual rural respondents reported on their employment status, level of education, Communist Party membership, type of employer (e.g., public, private, or foreign), type of economic sector in which employed, occupation, whether they held a second job, retirement status, monthly pension, monthly wage, and other sources of income. Demographic variables include relationship to householder, gender, age, and student status. Rural households reported extensively on the character of the household and residence. Information was elicited on type of terrain surrounding the house, geographic position, type of house, and availability of electricity. Also reported were sources of household income (e.g., farming, industry, government, rents, and interest), taxes paid, value of farm, total amount and type of cultivated land, financial assets and debts, quantity and value of various crops (e.g., grains, cotton, flax, sugar, tobacco, fruits and vegetables, tea, seeds, nuts, lumber, livestock and poultry, eggs, fish and shrimp, wool, honey, and silkworm cocoons), amount of grain purchased or provided by a collective, use of chemical fertilizers, gasoline, and oil, quantity and value of agricultural machinery, and all household expenditures (e.g., food, fuel, medicine, education, transportation, and electricity). The urban component of this collection also consists of two data files, one in which the individual is the unit of analysis and a second in which the household is the unit of analysis. Individual urban respondents reported on their economic status within the household, Communist Party membership, sex, age, nature of employment, and relationship to the household head. Information was collected on all types and sources of income from each member of the household whether working, nonworking, or retired, all revenue received by owners of private or individual enterprises, and all in-kind payments (e.g., food and durable and non-durable goods). Urban households reported total income (including salaries, interest on savings and bonds, dividends, rent, leases, alimony, gifts, and boarding fees), all types and values of food rations received, and total debt. Information was also gathered on household accommodations and living conditions, including number of rooms, total living area in square meters, availability and cost of running water, sanitary facilities, heating and air-conditioning equipment, kitchen availability, location of residence, ownership of home, and availability of electricity and telephone. Households reported on all of their expenditures including amounts spent on food items such as wheat, rice, edible oils, pork, beef and mutton, poultry, fish and seafood, sugar, and vegetables by means of both coupons in state-owned stores and at free market prices. Information was also collected on rents paid by the households, fuel available, type of transportation used, and availability and use of medical and child care.

The Chinese Household Income Project collected data in 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007. ICPSR holds data from the first three collections, and information about these can be found on the series description page. Data collected in 2007 are available through the China Institute for Income Distribution.

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United States National Church Shooting Database, 1980-2005 (ICPSR 25561)

Released/updated on: 2010-03-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1980-01-01--2005-12-31
Founded in 1999, the Center for Homicide Research has made it its mission to increase case solvability and decrease the occurrence of homicide incidents. In working toward this goal, the Center has put together various databases of national homicide incidents. The Church Shooting Database uses online newspaper archive articles to document all cases of shootings on church property within the United States from 1980-2005. While extensive studies have been done exploring the details of other public shootings such as school campuses and workplaces, the phenomenon of shootings in churches has been left relatively untouched. Taking into account variables about the offenders, victims, and circumstances of each shooting, the database attempts to describe each incident as well as explore how the church context may play a role in the shooting.
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Family and Population Control Study: Puerto Rico, 1953-1954 (ICPSR 7062)

Released/updated on: 2009-11-13
Geographic coverage: Puerto Rico, West Indies, Global
Time period: 1953-01-01--1954-12-31
This study was conducted in 1953 and 1954 in both urban and rural areas of Puerto Rico. The interviews explored the relationship between husband and wife in questions about family organization and role, degree of intimacy, sexual relations, and satisfaction with the marriage. Further variables probed attitudes toward children: ideal family size, the importance of children in marriage, and parent-child relations. The study also examined the respondents' attitudes toward birth control, knowledge of where to obtain birth control materials, and birth control methods the respondents used. Derived measures include several Guttman scales. Of the total sample, 566 interviews were conducted with wives only, and 322 with husbands and wives together.
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Chinese Household Income Project, 2002 (ICPSR 21741)

Released/updated on: 2009-08-14
Geographic coverage: China (Peoples Republic)
Time period: 2002-01-01--2002-12-31

The purpose of this project was to measure and estimate the distribution of personal income and related economic factors in both rural and urban areas of the People's Republic of China. The principal investigators based their definition of income on cash payments and on a broad range of additional components. Data were collected through a series of questionnaire-based interviews conducted in rural and urban areas at the end of 2002. There are ten separate datasets. The first four datasets were derived from the urban questionnaire. The first contains data about individuals living in urban areas. The second contains data about urban households. The third contains individual-level economic variables copied from the initial urban interview form. The fourth contains household-level economic variables copied from the initial urban interview form. The fifth dataset contains village-level data, which was obtained by interviewing village leaders. The sixth contains data about individuals living in rural areas. The seventh contains data about rural households, as well as most of the data from a social network questionnaire which was presented to rural households. The eighth contains the rest of the data from the social network questionnaire and is specifically about the activities of rural school-age children. The ninth dataset contains data about individuals who have migrated from rural to urban areas, and the tenth dataset contains data about rural-urban migrant households. Dataset 1 contains 151 variables and 20,632 cases (individual urban household members). Dataset 2 contains 88 variables and 6,835 cases (urban households). Dataset 3 contains 44 variables and 27,818 cases, at least 6,835 of which are empty cases used to separate households in the file. The remaining cases from dataset 3 match those in dataset 1. Dataset 4 contains 212 variables and 6,835 cases, which match those in dataset 2. Dataset 5 contains 259 variables and 961 cases (villages). Dataset 6 contains 84 variables and 37,969 cases (individual rural household members). Dataset 7 contains 449 variables and 9,200 cases (rural households). Dataset 8 contains 38 variables and 8,121 cases (individual school-age children). Dataset 9 contains 76 variables and 5,327 cases (individual rural-urban migrant household members). Dataset 10 contains 129 variables and 2,000 cases (rural-urban migrant households).

The Chinese Household Income Project collected data in 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007. ICPSR holds data from the first three collections, and information about these can be found on the series description page. Data collected in 2007 are available through the China Institute for Income Distribution.

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Career Values in Mexico, 1963 (ICPSR 7058)

Released/updated on: 2009-06-11
Geographic coverage: Mexico, Global, Latin America
Time period: 1963-01-01--1963-12-31
This is the second of two studies conducted by the principal investigator concerning career patterns and values in Latin American countries (see also CAREER VALUES IN BRAZIL, 1960 [ICPSR 7042]). The present study was carried out in 1963 in both urban and rural areas of Mexico. The variables assessed the respondents' occupations at the time they were interviewed, the length of their employment, what they liked most and least about their jobs, and their incomes. Further questions explored past occupations, the highest level of education attained, and the extent to which lack of education had handicapped respondents' careers. A major portion of the study probed the respondents' feelings about the nature of jobs and people: the importance of ambition and determination in one's job, individual versus group interests, how best to "get ahead," the importance of family ties, the tendency to trust others, and corruption in urban centers. A number of recodes and derived measures are included. Demographic information covers age, marital status, number of children, religion, and father's occupation.
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Nineteenth Century Family History in Michigan: 1850-1880 (ICPSR 32)

Released/updated on: 2008-03-26
Geographic coverage: Detroit, Flint, United States, Lansing, Michigan
This data collection provides information on the characteristics of 1,194 Michigan families in rural places, towns and villages, and the urban areas of Detroit in 1850 and 1880. Data are provided on the geographic location of each household and type of locale, total number of residents in the household, and total number of children of the head of each household. Demographic variables provide information on age, race, place of birth, and occupation of the household head and their spouse, place of birth of father and mother of the household head and of their spouse, sex of the household head and their children, and age of the children. Additional variables provide information on the number of children listed as unemployed, the number of parents or parents-in-law of the household head residing in the household, the number of other related adults aged 14 and older, other related children aged 14 and younger living in the household, the number of servants or employees in the household, and the number of boarders or roomers in the household.
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Indiana Voter: Nineteenth Century Rural Bases of Partisanship, 1870 (ICPSR 30)

Released/updated on: 2008-03-25
Geographic coverage: Indiana, United States
Time period: 1870-01-01--1870-12-31
This data collection contains information on adult males living in nine counties of Indiana in 1870. The variables provide individual-level demographic information, such as county and township of residence, age, race, place of birth, parents' place of birth, status within the family, occupation, religious affiliation, and literacy level. Other variables provide information on the individual's and the family's real and total wealth, respectively, political party affiliation of the individual, disability condition, number of years the individual lived in Indiana, and percentage of life spent in Indiana.
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Census Tract-Level Data, 1960 (ICPSR 7552)

Released/updated on: 2007-12-13
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Indiana, United States, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maine, Alabama, Arkansas, Utah, Washington, South Carolina, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Colorado, Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Hawaii, Minnesota, California, Kansas, Florida, Delaware, New York (state), Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Mexico, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland
Time period: 1960-01-01--1960-12-31
This data collection contains selected variables at the tract level from the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. Information is provided on population characteristics such as urban and rural residency, number of White and nonwhite population, persons aged 5, 14, 25, and older, nonwhite females aged 14 and older, married women in the labor force, persons in the experienced civilian labor force, and persons with Puerto Rican or Spanish birth or parentage, including the age and marital status of those with a Puerto Rican or Spanish surname. Information is also provided on housing characteristics such as occupancy and vacancy status of house, contract rent and gross rent, quality and value of housing, basement facilities, plumbing, heating equipment, source of water, sewage disposal, bathrooms and rooms, persons per room, household structure, units in structure, and persons in household unit, as well as household relationships. Other demographic variables provide information on age, race, sex, marital status, residence, years of schooling, occupation, employment status, place of work, and family income. The data were obtained from DUALabs, Inc.
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