Rural Sociology Information and Data Effort (RSIDE)
The
Rural Sociology program is actively involved in many areas of rural
research and data dissemination. RSIDE
represents the Rural Sociology program's commitment to providing
Internet access to information and data that are primarily the product
of its research activities
as
a component of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
The
following links lead to
various reports, such as the Rural Profile of Arkansas, and other custom
data presentations.
Please select from the following categories of Reports and Data Presentations:
Reports
National Forest and Community Planning/Development Reports
Social and Environmental Data Sources
Data Presentations
This page also contains a selected list of other publications authored by the faculty,
research staff, and graduate students of the Rural Sociology program. The list consists of
professional journal articles and additional research bulletins that are not provided here.
The publications in this list provide depth to the reports and data presentations that are
provided here and demonstrate the level of research experience that is invested in them.
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Suggested Citation:
Farmer, F. L, Z. K. Moon, and W. P. Miller.
2008. Understanding Community Demographics. Cooperative Extension
Service. University of Arkansas---Division of Agriculture, In Press February
2008.
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Suggested Citation:
Farmer,
F. L, Z. K. Moon, and W. P Miller. 2008. Growth and Change in Arkansas'
Hispanic Populations. Cooperative Extension Service. University of
Arkansas---Division of Agriculture, MP470-PD-1-08N. January 2008.
Rural
Profile of Arkansas, 2007: Social and
Economic Trends Affecting Rural Arkansas
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Suggested Citation:
Frank
L Farmer, Wayne P. Miller, and Zola K. Moon (Team). 2005. Rural Profile
of Arkansas, 2007: Social and Economic Trends Affecting Rural Arkansas.
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Printed by University
of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Printing Services, Little Rock.
Rural
Profile of Arkansas, 2005: Social and
Economic Trends Affecting Rural Arkansas
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Suggested Citation:
Frank
L Farmer, Todd W. Hodgson, Wayne P. Miller, and Zola K. Moon (Team). 2005.
Rural Profile of Arkansas, 2005: Social and Economic Trends Affecting
Rural Arkansas. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Printed
by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Printing Services,
Little Rock.
A Look at Major Trends in Rural Arkansas Families
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Suggested Citation:
Frank L Farmer, Todd
W. Hodgson, Sandra Miller, and Wayne P. Miller (Team). 2004. Rural
Family Profile of Arkansas, 2004: A Look at Major Trends in Rural Arkansas
Families. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Printed
by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Printing Services,
Little Rock.
Social and Environmental Data Sources
This
web publication was prepared by Rural Sociology at the University of Arkansas.
It is not available
in print. The report lists more than 50 social and environmental data
sets for 12 topical categories. Pertinent information is provided for
each data set,
including its Internet location.
Annotated
Sources of Social and
Environmental Data Sets for Arkansas
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Suggested Citation:
Todd W. Hodgson and
Frank L Farmer. 2006. Annotated Sources of Social and Environmental
Data Sets for Arkansas. Rural Sociology at the University of Arkansas.
Accessed online at: http://ruralsoc.uark.edu/.
This data presentation contains graphs, charts, and maps of historic and recent demographic trends in Arkansas and its regions. It includes data for general population, migration, and farms.
Demographic
Structure and Change in Arkansas,
1810
to 2000: Selected Trends
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Population by Age and Gender for Arkansas Counties, 2000: Data Tables
These presentations
depict population data for various categories of race and ethnic origin.
Refer to the individual presentation's description for more detailed information.
Changes
in the Racial and Ethnic Composition of the
Population
in the South Census Region, 1990-2000
This presentation consists of maps depicting population and population
change by race and ethnic origin for the South Census Region. It focuses
specifically on Southern Black and Hispanic population change by county.
All data are
from the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 and 2000 censuses.
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National
Forest and Community
Planning/Development
Reports
These reports are
the product of the Rural Sociology program's involvement in National Forest
and Community Planning/Development initiatives. Refer to the specific
report for additional details.
Community
Guide to Forest Planning,
2002 Challenge: Opportunity/responsibility
for Communities Near
National Forests
These guides were
designed to help community leaders and groups participate effectively
in the USDA National Forest Plan Revision process.
This report
index is in HTML format.
The index will open in a new browser window.
Rural Development and Community-Based
Forest Planning and Management:
A New, Collaborative Paradigm, September 1999
Title
Page, Contents, and Chapters 1-3
Chapters
4-9 and References
Appendix
Complete
Report
This report
is in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Linking Community Development
with National Forest Planning and Management in the South, June 1999
Abstract
Executive
Summary
Full
Report
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Portable Document Format (PDF).
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A
Community-based Agenda for Forest Planning,
Management, and Ecosystem Management
This represents a summary
of comments made in the final challenge session at the Third Annual National
Rural Community Assistance Partnership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee,
1995.
This report
index is in HTML format.
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Zola K. Moon, Frank L Farmer and John M. Tilford. 2004. "Attenuation of Racial Differences in Health Service Utilization Patterns for Previously Uninsured Children." Journal of Rural Health (In Press).
Irene C. Frentz, Frank L Farmer, James G. Guldin and Kimberly M. Smith 2004. "Population Growth and Federal Lands: An Empirical Note." Society and Natural Resources Vol. 17 No. 1.Todd W. Hodgson and Frank L Farmer 2003. "Calculating Multi-Race Categories for Use in Race-Specific Rates: A Cautionary Note to Rural Health Researchers and Analysts." Journal of Rural Health Vol. 19 No. 2.
Frank L Farmer, Leslie L. Clarke, Joan Flocks, Carol A. Bryant, Camilla S. Romund, Stan L. Albrecht. 2003. "Community and Social Marketing: Cases in Support of Community Involvement." The Journal of the Community Development Society Vol. 22 No. 2.
Zola K. Moon and Frank L Farmer. 2001. "Population Density Surface: A New Approach to an Old Problem." Society and Natural Resources Vol. 14 No. 1.
Todd W. Hodgson, Frank L Farmer, Wayne P. Miller and Donald E. Voth. 2001. "A Demographic Approach to Race and Ethnicity." Experiment Station Bulletin No. 965.
Frank L Farmer. 1997. "The Definition of 'Rural'" in Gary A. Gorham (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and the People. Oxford, England: ABC: CLIO.
Rural
Sociology Program, School of Human Environmental Sciences
Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences
HOEC 118, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-4305 Fax: 479-575-7171
Email: rsocweb@cavern.uark.edu
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