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Week 4: Issues with Rural, Migrant, & Urban Health Care (5 Qs) well answered
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Week 4: Issues with Rural, Migrant, &Urban Health Care (5 Qs)
(Definitions & Demographics) - correct answer ✔✔
Federal dollars are often distributed to communities based on either... - correct answer ✔✔rural or
urban status.
Population Density refers to the number of... - correct answer ✔✔persons per square mile. (e.g., urban
areas more densely populated than rural areas)
Rural is defined as communities with fewer than... - correct answer ✔✔10,000 residents, and a county
population-density of less than 1,000 persons per square mile. (e.g., Bexar is 1,383/ square mile)
Urban is defined as communities with more than... - correct answer ✔✔2,500 people,
with at least 1,500 residing outside institutional group quarters. (e.g., college, prisons, & military bases)
A type of urban area, known as a Megacity, contains over... - correct answer ✔✔10 million residents.
(e.g., LA, NYC, Rio, Tokyo)
Sparsely populated rural places that are isolated from population centers and services, are known as... -
correct answer ✔✔Frontier areas.
Frontier areas by definition contain less than... - correct answer ✔✔6 or fewer persons per square mile.
A transit population, usually immigrants, that moves regularly to follow work opportunities usually found
as farmworkers, is known as a... - correct answer ✔✔Migrant population.
From the mid-1800's to 2000, the number of persons living in urban areas has... - correct answer
✔✔tripled.
, The highest rural populations are found in... - correct answer ✔✔the south.
The process of residents moving out of rural communities, and into urban places is known as... - correct
answer ✔✔Out-migration.
Population changes in rural areas are usually related to
natural increase through births, or through... - correct answer ✔✔out-migration.
An increase in residents moving into rural communities, from urban places is known as... - correct
answer ✔✔in-migration.
There was an increase in in-migration during the first half of the... - correct answer ✔✔1990's.
(Population Characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔
In regards to age and gender, in rural areas there is an increase in both... - correct answer ✔✔females
(shifting to female-dominated),
& the elderly.
In regards to race and ethnicity, in rural areas there is less... - correct answer ✔✔racial diversity.
In regards to education, in rural areas there is generally... - correct answer ✔✔lower educational
attainment.
In regards to income, the average income for rural areas is generally... - correct answer ✔✔less than that
of urban areas.
(Rural Health Issues) - correct answer ✔✔
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