Journal article
The Correlates of Small-Town Upkeep
Environment and Behavior, Vol.31(6), pp.821-837
11/1999
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972362
Abstract
Although small towns in America differ significantly in terms of how well they are maintained, there has been little scholarly work on what community factors relate to upkeep. In this research, we search for the correlates of town maintenance using data from a unique study of 99 small Iowa towns. The data include visual assessments of the towns, citizen responses to random sample attitudinal surveys, and U.S. census information. When these data are analyzed, the results show that better kept towns are associated with (a) higher median family incomes, (b) larger populations, (c) higher percentages of elderly, (d) fewer commuters, (e) stronger psychological attachment to the community, and (f) more community improvement activity. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Correlates of Small-Town Upkeep
- Creators
- Tom W Rice - Department of Political Science at the University of Northern IowaDouglas N Miller - Iowa State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environment and Behavior, Vol.31(6), pp.821-837
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA
- DOI
- 10.1177/00139169921972362
- ISSN
- 0013-9165
- eISSN
- 1552-390X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1999
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983989295802771
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