The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines provides a clear path to bring the
pandemic to an end. Vaccination rates, however, have been insufficient to prevent disease …

Early in the COVID‐19 pandemic, people living in cities were much more likely than rural
residents to become infected with and die from the virus. Beginning in the summer of 2020, …

A long line of sociological research has found that rural residents tend to be more conservative
than urban residents in the US on a wide range of attitudes and behaviors. Two primary …

There is evidence of a paradigmatic shift in the orientations of Americans toward the
physical environment. Numerous concerns recently have arisen regarding our long standing …

Poverty is more extensive and more severe in nonmetropolitan areas than in metropolitan
areas. Here we maintain that the extensive industrial and economic transformations occurring …

The implications of the residential concentration of minority populations are issues of vital
concern in the United States. Much of the previous minority concentration literature has …

Education has long been recognized as an institution that plays a prominent role in the
reproduction of social class. Children from socially advantaged backgrounds tend to achieve …

The industrialization of agriculture has resulted in extensive declines in the number of farms
and in the number of people employed in agriculture. For many farm communities, this has …

Findings are reported from a study of recreational carrying capacity at Mount McKinley
National Park, Alaska. Hikers in the park were questioned about: (1) their expectations and …

Two of the most significant changes affecting US society during the 20th century were
transformations in family structure and the transition from a nonmetropolitan/farm society to a …