Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform

This volume presents a comprehensive look at how welfare reforms enacted in 1996 are affecting caseloads, employment, earnings, and family well-being in rural areas.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1178/thumbnail.jp

Migrant Farmworkers Challenge Popular Image

Migrant farmworkers are not a homogeneous group and so cannot be easily characterized. Consequently, the stereotype of low-income, middle-aged, and Hispanic or black applies to only a small percentage of migrants. The total number of migrants, furthermore, is small and most of them undertake migrant farmwork for only part of the year. This article highlights the findings of a 1981 Census/USDA survey

Counting Hired Farmworkers: Some Points to Consider

As many as two-thirds of the Nation's hired farmworkers may not have been counted in the 1980 Decennial Census farm labor categories because they were not working on farms in March when the census data were collected. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1981 Hired Farm Working Force Survey suggest that the farm labor census data are more likely to describe those workers who are employed in hired farmwork on a year-round basis. In contrast, farmworkers who did not work in March and were excluded from the census tend to be casual or seasonal workers. Because the social and economic characteristics of year-round and seasonal workers differ considerably, research that uses census data to measure or characterize hired farmworkers may obscure important patterns and trends