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Rural-Urban Differences in Black Family Structure

An Analysis of the 1990 Census

Iowa State University

MELVIN E. THOMAS

Lehigh University

CEDRIC HERRING

University of Illinois at Chicago

The nature and structure of the African American family continues to be a topic of importance in sociology. Since the much-maligned Moynihan report of the 1960s, sociologists have linked Black family structure to persisting disadvantage. However, the overwhelming majority of past studies have focused on the urban Black family. Accordingly, this article employs data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples to compare the rural African American family to its urban counterpart. Results from the logistic regression analysis reveal that for rural Blacks, family structure is less important than community type and race relative to poverty status. These findings suggest a need for a refinement of the underclass debate.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 16, No. 3, 298-313 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/019251395016003004


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