Rural Texas Research Articles

Employment Zoning is Working in Rural Texas

Abstract There is a process for regulating various aspects of our daily lives that is followed more or less uniformly by almost every unit of federal, state, and local government. Basically, it works like this: when the lawmakers perceive a problem, they invent performance standards to correct it. People who wish to engage in the activity (nuclear power generation, for instance; or selling aluminum siding) are tested against the performance standards. Those who meet the standards may proceed, and those who fail may not. The system has many faults, but it does give the public some assurance that those who hold themselves up as airline pilots or dog groomers do possess the minimum skills necessary to ply their trade.

Determinants of genocide fear in a rural Texas community: a research note.

Data were collected via a questionnaire administered to females 15-44 years of age and their most significant male partner from a 7% stratified random sample in Waller County, Texas. Analysis revealed that five independent variables combined explained 19% of the variance in race genocide fear (R2 = .19; p less than .01). The most important predictors of genocide fear were sex (Beta = .33; p less than .001) and education (Beta = .14; p less than .01).

Rural access to a regular source of medical care

Household survey data from an adult rural west Texas population were used to investigate the role of demographic, economic, attitudinal, and need-related factors in (a) explaining physician contact and volume of physician visits and (b) differentiating between those individuals who have and those who do not have a regular source of medical care. Fifty-two percent of the variance in visit volume were explained; compared with the findings reported in similar studies, alignment with a regular source of care was more closely associated with visit volume and physician contact. Although the variance explained in having a regular source was only about 18%, the findings suggest that factors determining alignment with a regular source may differ considerably from those determining other dimensions of utilization. Furthermore, patterns evident across several dimensions in rural populations may be quite different from those exhibited in other populations.

School Desegregation and the Educational Attainment Process: Some Results from Rural Texas Schools

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Impact of Industrialization on Employee Income Distribution in Rural Texas Communities

A basis of concern for rural development has been lagging economic growth in rural communities. Many rural areas have long been faced with the dilemma of low income, inadequate or expensive community services, net out-migration and high dependency rates. Numerous programs have been enacted over the years to alleviate these problems. A recent program, the Rural Development Act of 1972, interprets the main objective of rural development as encouraging and speeding economic growth in rural areas providing for jobs, improving quality of rural life, and doing so on a self-earned, self-sustaining basis. One chief component of all these programs has been promoting industry location in rural communities.

Costs of Solid Waste Management in Rural Texas Communities

Nationally, expenditures for solid waste collection and disposal are exceeded only by spending on schools and roads [3, p. 1]. In Texas, recent legislation which establishes minimum acceptable standards for disposal of municipal solid wastes materially affects the future costs of operating solid Waste management systems for smaller rural communities.The 1969 amendment to the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act establishes the minimum legal standards for disposal operations in rural communities. The State Department of Health was given the responsibility for enforcement of regulations involving the collection, handling, storage and disposal of municipal solid wastes. After January 1, 1973, data presented in support of the disposal operations in Texas communities larger than fifteen hundred people must be prepared by a registered professional engineer and submitted to the State Department of Health for approval. Under the auspices of this act all towns with a population of between three thousand and five thousand are required to operate a sanitary landfill with compaction and cover at least twice per week.

Rural Michigan ("Rural State and Province Series").Lew A. ChaseRural California ("Rural State and Province Series").E. J. WicksonRural Texas ("Rural State and Province Series").William B. Bizzell

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