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What's For Dinner? Finding And Affording Healthy Foods In New Hampshire Communities, Nena F. Stracuzzi, Sally Ward Apr 2010

What's For Dinner? Finding And Affording Healthy Foods In New Hampshire Communities, Nena F. Stracuzzi, Sally Ward

Carsey Publications

Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult for some households in the Granite State, as grocery stores relocate or consolidate, leaving some residents to depend on convenience stores for basic groceries. This brief looks at recent data on food deserts in New Hampshire.

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Too Much Free Time: Coos County Youth Who Are Least Involved In Out-Of-School Activities Are Most Likely To Use Drugs And Alcohol, Erin H. Sharp Apr 2010

Too Much Free Time: Coos County Youth Who Are Least Involved In Out-Of-School Activities Are Most Likely To Use Drugs And Alcohol, Erin H. Sharp

Carsey Publications

Carsey Institute researchers are seeing links between the self-reported substance use and involvement in out-of-school activities. As part of a ten-year tracking survey of high school students in Coos County, New Hampshire, this brief finds that those most involved with constructive activities report the least amount of substance abuse.

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Help In A Haystack: Youth Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services In The North Country, Meghan L. Mills Apr 2010

Help In A Haystack: Youth Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services In The North Country, Meghan L. Mills

Carsey Publications

A new brief from Nordblom Fellow Meghan Mills at the Carsey Institute finds that youth in New Hampshire's North Country have challenges in accessing support for substance abuse and mental health issues. Mills also finds that the providers face unique challenges, from getting referrals to hiring professionals, all while working without a functional network.

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Indicators Of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being , Barbara Wauchope Apr 2010

Indicators Of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being , Barbara Wauchope

Carsey Publications

According to a new study, New Hampshire youth, ages 13 to 24, are more likely to complete school, be employed, and have lower obesity rates than their peers nationwide but fare worse in measures of alcohol and substance abuse. This brief, a co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an overview of youth well-being in New Hampshire calculated from and state data and compares Granite State youth with peers across the country.

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Carsey Demographer: Recession Slows Population Growth In Most N.H. Counties, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier Mar 2010

Carsey Demographer: Recession Slows Population Growth In Most N.H. Counties, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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Census: Unh Experts Available, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier Mar 2010

Census: Unh Experts Available, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked In 2010 Census, William P. O'Hare Feb 2010

Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked In 2010 Census, William P. O'Hare

Carsey Publications

This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most difficult rural areas to count, and highlights what organizations are doing to ensure a more accurate census count in rural America. It also points out that undercounting by the census can lead to communities not receiving a fair share of federal funding.

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Ocean Views: Coastal Environmental Problems As Seen By Downeast Maine Residents, Thomas G. Safford, Lawrence C. Hamilton Jan 2010

Ocean Views: Coastal Environmental Problems As Seen By Downeast Maine Residents, Thomas G. Safford, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Carsey Publications

This brief contends that loss of fishing jobs and income is the top environment-related concern among residents of Maine's Hancock and Washington counties, as well as forestry decline and water pollution. Also of note, across a wide range of environmental issues, political party affiliation is associated with level of concern about environmental problems.

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Federal Child Nutrition Programs Are Important To Rural Households, Barbara Wauchope, Anne M. Shattuck Jan 2010

Federal Child Nutrition Programs Are Important To Rural Households, Barbara Wauchope, Anne M. Shattuck

Carsey Publications

This brief, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, examines how rural families use four of the major federal child nutrition programs. It finds that 29 percent of rural families with children participate but that there are barriers to these nutrition programs, such as the lack of public transportation and high operating costs for rural schools and child care programs.

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Social Science And Social Capital In The Lamprey River Watershed: A Resident Survey For Community And Environmental Planning And Predicting Support For Innovative Land Use, Mary Adamo Robertson Jan 2010

Social Science And Social Capital In The Lamprey River Watershed: A Resident Survey For Community And Environmental Planning And Predicting Support For Innovative Land Use, Mary Adamo Robertson

Doctoral Dissertations

The Lamprey River Watershed is an important part of the Great Bay Estuary in southeastern New Hampshire. The region has experienced population growth, sprawl development, increased vehicle miles traveled, increased levels of air and water pollution, loss of critical habitat, and loss of sense of community. The Lamprey River Watershed Resident Survey was designed to bring attention to environmental and community issues in order to engage residents in long range, innovative, and regional planning. The survey was distributed to approximately 3,000 households in one mailing during National Community Planning Month, October, 2007. The data from the 768 respondents provide baseline …

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An Initial Evaluation Of Market-Based Land Reform In Brazil: Can It Create Sustainable Communities?, Arthur Powers Jan 2010

An Initial Evaluation Of Market-Based Land Reform In Brazil: Can It Create Sustainable Communities?, Arthur Powers

Doctoral Dissertations

Land reform is a burning issue in Brazil. Redistribution of land through government expropriation has proven to be difficult and expensive as unwilling landowners can hold up the process for years, or defeat it, in the courts. In 1997, the World Bank, at the request of the Brazilian Government, approved Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project 4147-BR -- known in Brazil as the Cedula da Terra. This program instituted a market based approach to land reform through which eligible agricultural workers could form associations and obtain subsidized financing to purchase land from willing sellers. As there was no previous …

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Rural Families With A Child Abuse Report Are More Likely Headed By A Single Parent And Endure Economic And Family Stress, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Wendy A. Walsh Jan 2010

Rural Families With A Child Abuse Report Are More Likely Headed By A Single Parent And Endure Economic And Family Stress, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Wendy A. Walsh

Carsey Publications

This brief, which is based on data from the Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, finds that rural families who have been reported to Child Protective Services are more likely than urban families to have financial difficulties and high family stress, as well as grow up in single-parent households. To effectively address these issues, the brief urges policy makers to look at the lack of accessible and adequate services for struggling rural families.

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Low Income And Impoverished Families Pay Disproportionately More For Child Care, Kristin Smith, Kristi Gozjolko Jan 2010

Low Income And Impoverished Families Pay Disproportionately More For Child Care, Kristin Smith, Kristi Gozjolko

Carsey Publications

According to research based on the 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation, working families with young children living in poverty pay 32 percent of their income on child care, nearly five times more than families living at more than 200 percent of the poverty level. This brief asks policy makers to consider allowing more subsidies to be available to those who could benefit most from them.

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Out-Of-School Time Matters: Activity Involvement And Positive Development Among Coos County Youth, Erin H. Sharp Jan 2010

Out-Of-School Time Matters: Activity Involvement And Positive Development Among Coos County Youth, Erin H. Sharp

Carsey Publications

This brief looks at the connections between how youth spend their free time and positive or negative attitudes about themselves and their future plans. Family studies assistant professor and Carsey faculty fellow Erin Hiley Sharp used data from the Carsey Institute's Coos County Youth Survey to show differences by activity level and students' expectations for positive outcomes in their future.

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Carsey: Rural Students Lack Access To Advanced Math Courses, Beth Potier Dec 2009

Carsey: Rural Students Lack Access To Advanced Math Courses, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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Students In Rural Schools Have Limited Access To Advanced Mathematics Courses, Suzanne E. Graham Dec 2009

Students In Rural Schools Have Limited Access To Advanced Mathematics Courses, Suzanne E. Graham

Carsey Publications

This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and fewer qualified students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) job pipelines.

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In Recession, Wives Are Winning More Of Families' Bread, Beth Potier Dec 2009

In Recession, Wives Are Winning More Of Families' Bread, Beth Potier

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Increased Reliance On Wives As Breadwinners During The First Year Of The Recession, Kristin Smith Dec 2009

Increased Reliance On Wives As Breadwinners During The First Year Of The Recession, Kristin Smith

Carsey Publications

Among low-income families, the wages of employed wives account for the majority of family earnings, according to this Carsey brief. The analysis finds that in 2008, women contributed 56 percent of total family earnings, up from 51 percent in 2007. Also, husbands' education level and race are factors in how much wives contribute to family earnings.

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Carsey: South, Rural America Have Highest Percent Of Disabled Veterans, Beth Potier Nov 2009

Carsey: South, Rural America Have Highest Percent Of Disabled Veterans, Beth Potier

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Carsey, Children's Alliance: Nh Schools Expel Less, Suspend More Than National Average, Beth Potier Oct 2009

Carsey, Children's Alliance: Nh Schools Expel Less, Suspend More Than National Average, Beth Potier

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Student Discipline In New Hampshire Schools , Barbara Wauchope Oct 2009

Student Discipline In New Hampshire Schools , Barbara Wauchope

Carsey Publications

A new analysis of student discipline in New Hampshire schools in the 2007–2008 school year shows that out-of-school suspension rates are higher and statewide expulsion rates are lower than the average. Schools reporting the highest rates of suspensions and expulsions are the smallest in the state and have the highest percentage of students in poverty. This brief is the first in a collaborative series between the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire and the Carsey Institute.

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Demographic Trends In The Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area, Kenneth M. Johnson, Robert Macieski Oct 2009

Demographic Trends In The Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area, Kenneth M. Johnson, Robert Macieski

Carsey Publications

In the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, 25 percent of children live below the poverty line, a high rate that is in stark contrast to the state's rate of just 10 percent, one of the nation's lowest. That is the most surprising finding from this new analysis of demographic trends in the Manchester-Nashua metropolitan area. The brief presents recent demographic shifts in Manchester, Nashua, and suburban Hillsborough County alongside historical perspectives of the region.

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Child Poverty High In Manchester, New Carsey Demographic Analysis Finds, Beth Potier Oct 2009

Child Poverty High In Manchester, New Carsey Demographic Analysis Finds, Beth Potier

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Rural And Urban Children Have Lower Rates Of Health Insurance Coverage And Are More Often Covered By Public Plans, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Michelle L. Stransky Oct 2009

Rural And Urban Children Have Lower Rates Of Health Insurance Coverage And Are More Often Covered By Public Plans, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Michelle L. Stransky

Carsey Publications

This Carsey brief looks at the geographic distribution of health insurance for children. Based on data from the 2008 American Community Survey, it includes such findings as one in ten children are still uninsured, insurance rates vary considerably by geographic area, and rural children are most likely to depend on public plans for their health care.

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Carsey: Recession's Impact On Young Child Poverty Uneven Throughout Nation, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale Sep 2009

Carsey: Recession's Impact On Young Child Poverty Uneven Throughout Nation, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

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Regional Young Child Poverty In 2008: Rural Midwest Sees Increased Poverty, While Urban Northeast Rates Decrease, Marybeth J. Mattingly Sep 2009

Regional Young Child Poverty In 2008: Rural Midwest Sees Increased Poverty, While Urban Northeast Rates Decrease, Marybeth J. Mattingly

Carsey Publications

In 2008, America's recession affected poverty rates for children under age 6 unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly, while rates in northeastern central cities fell slightly. And in the rural South, where more than 30 percent of young children are poor, poverty rates for young children persisted at a very high rate. This is an analysis of American Community Survey data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Expert: Carsey Demographer To Comment On Census Data Released Sept. 29, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale Sep 2009

Expert: Carsey Demographer To Comment On Census Data Released Sept. 29, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

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Home Care Workers: Keeping Granite Staters In Their Homes As They Age, Kristin Smith Sep 2009

Home Care Workers: Keeping Granite Staters In Their Homes As They Age, Kristin Smith

Carsey Publications

Using data from the New Hampshire Direct Care Workforce Survey, this brief shows that New Hampshire's demand for home-based care workers outpaces supply because its population is aging at a faster rate than the average. These workers play a critical role and face many challenges, including low pay, little or no paid time off, and lack of access to health insurance.

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Reports Document Need, Challenges Of N.H. Direct Care Workforce, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale Sep 2009

Reports Document Need, Challenges Of N.H. Direct Care Workforce, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

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Carsey: Family-Friendly Policies Less Available To Rural Working Moms, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale Sep 2009

Carsey: Family-Friendly Policies Less Available To Rural Working Moms, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

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