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Rural Data, People, and Policy

RURAL STUDIES SERIES
of the
Rural Sociological Society

Series Editor
Forrest A. Deseran, Louisiana State University

Editorial Board

Lionel J. Beaulieu, University of Florida

Richard S. Krannich, Utah State University

Dudley L. Poston, Texas A&M University

C. Matthew Snipp, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Deborah M. Tootle, USDA ERS ARED

Dee Ann Wenk, University of Oklahoma

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Rural Data, People, and Policy

Information Systems for the 21st Century

EDITED BY
James A. Christenson ,
Richard C. Maurer ,
and Nancy L. Strang

First published 1994 by Westview Press

Published 2019 by Routledge
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Copyright 1994 by the Rural Sociological Society, except for Chapter 7, which is a Work of the U.S. government

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rural data, people, and policy: information systems for the 21st
Century / edited by James A. Christenson, Richard C. Maurer, and
Nancy L. Strang.
p. cm. (Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological
Society)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-8797-3
1. Rural populationUnited StatesStatistical services.
2. United StatesRural conditionsStatistics. 3. Rural
developmentUnited States. I. Christenson, James A., 1944- .
II. Maurer, Richard C. III. Strang, Nancy L. IV. Series.
HB2385.R87 1994
304.6'0973'091734dc20 93-41559
CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-28626-2 (hbk)

To three scholars who have made
significant contributions to the
development of rural information systems:
Jim Bonnen, Tom Ford, and Jim Hildreth.
We salute you!

Contents

1. PART ONE
   The Politics of Data
2. PART TWO
   Data for Rural Information Systems
3. PART THREE
   Technologies for Rural Information Systems

1. PART ONE
   The Politics of Data
2. PART TWO
   Data for Rural Information Systems
3. PART THREE
   Technologies for Rural Information Systems

1. iii

Guide

Despite the myriad of data-collection and archiving activities sponsored by federal, state, and local agencies and universities, our capacity to understand the problems and needs of rural Americans is seriously wanting. The federal government, long involved in collecting and publishing data on Americans, has never provided an adequate mechanism for social scientists to accurately measure and interpret the status and well-being of rural communities and their citizens. Current and proposed reductions in resources dedicated to the collection of national statistics are further eroding information on rural areas and people in this country. The end result is that policy initiatives, designed to address the current and emerging needs of rural residents, too often remain ineffective because they rely on data that mask the diversity and complexity of rural America.

Recognition of these problems prompted James A. Christenson, Richard C. Maurer, and Nancy L. Strang to focus their attention on the information needs of rural America as we approach the twenty-first century. By painting a critical view of the current state of rural data systems in this country, this volume in the Rural Sociological Society's Rural Studies Series places an important wake-up call to all social scientists engaged in rural research and to all who use it. Given the limited resources with which most social scientists must work, it is not surprising that research agendas often are organized around existing information sources. Unfortunately, the manipulation and interpretation of secondary data sets often become ends in themselves, both limiting researchers' vision and scope, and perpetuating confidence in the adequacy of existing data systems.

While alerting researchers and practitioners to the problems of existing data systems is useful in its own right, the added utility of this volume rests with its articulation of key strategies that can further advance the application of rural data systems and serve to clarify the unique policy needs of people and places in rural America. Tapping the expertise of leading scholars in the social sciences arena, the editors have assembled a collection of contributions that will be valued by both practitioners and scholars. These contributions incorporate cutting-edge methodologies and information technologies that can further our efforts to collect, analyze, and disseminate practical, scientifically sound data in a timely fashion.

Among the important messages that Christenson, Maurer, and Strang leave with us is that overcoming die problems they identify will require us to operate far differently than we have in the past. No longer can federal and state agency officials, along with faculty in mission-oriented land-grant institutions in this country, afford to carry out their data collection efforts in isolation from one another. Rather, these key players must work in concert to create information systems that can better guide policy activities at all levels of government. The capacity of these individuals to engage the confidence of taxpayers and policymakers in their work will depend on their commitment to make this collaborative effort a reality.

Lionel J. Beaulieu
Forrest A. Deseran
Board of Editors
Rural Studies Series

This book is dedicated to three scholarsJim Bonnen, Tom Ford, and Jim Hildrethwho have made significant contributions to the development of rural information systems. These eminent individuals have challenged old ways of looking at or gathering information. They have struggled to build bridges between the university and the government. They have stimulated the gathering of new types of data on new subjects to better represent the changing conditions of the American hinterland. They have looked at old problems in new ways. They have served as mentors for several generations of students and colleagues. They have made the social sciences and people involved in the social sciences better because of their integrity, their insistence on quality, and their devotion to improving the documentation of the social, economic, and cultural conditions of rural America. We salute them!

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