Published In
This report was prepared under a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through the National Governors' Association Center for Policy Research.
Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
7-1991
Subjects
Rural-urban divide -- Economic aspects -- Iowa, Regional economic disparities -- Iowa -- Analysis, Economic development
Abstract
Evaluating the economic conditions of local economies is an important input to the decisions of policymakers, firms, and individuals. General impressions of the condition of national or state economies obtained from aggregate data often mask important subs tate differences in economic performance.
State economic profiles are useful tools for presenting the dynamics of substate economic change. Because their economic conditions and environments can be very different, rural and urban areas are often compared in such profiles.
This report describes the major components of a complete economic profile, with special emphasis on rural-urban comparisons. A catalog of data sources and a discussion of their value and potential abuses is provided. Techniques for deriving and interpreting meaningful information from the data are also presented.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13070
Citation Details
Martin, Sheila A., and Richard McHugh. Profiling rural America: A guide to data sources and analytical techniques. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, 1991.
Description
Technical Report 91-TR 21. Produced by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.