Some Factors Affecting the Size of Rural Groups in Virginia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2197802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Horace Hamilton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1930 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 423-434 |
| Publication date | 1930-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/215416 |
| OpenAlex | W2068931910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The size of organized rural groups (i.e., the number of members or participants per group) determines to a large extent their efficiency; it is an index of social contact and interaction; and it may be used as one factor in an objective definition and measurement of rurality (social contact). In this article, we have partially analyzed the following factors which affect the size of rural organized groups in Virginia: rural population density, membership-population ratio, distribution of group meeting places, social and racial stratification, type of roads, transportation facilities, associational attitudes or habits, urbanization and depopulation, leadership, and certain unique factors in the life history of the community. The conclusions reached are: (1) There are many important factors, other than rural population density, which determine the size of rural organized groups; (2) the intelligent control of rural community development (e.g., the redistribution of schools and churches) should be based on an objective analysis of all the factors determining the size of rural groups; (3) the analysis given in this article suggests a method of constructingan index of rurality, a device which should be of concrete value in planning or in predicting the development of any rural community organization movement
Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Index (typography) · Political science · Population · Redistribution (election) · Rural area · Rural community · Rural population · Rural settlement · Rurality · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Computer Science · Demography · Education Systems and Policy · Rural development and sustainability
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |