Which of the following best explains why the rural population is growing when young persons from rural areas consistently are moving to urban areas to seek employment?
a. Adults engaged in all the physically demanding farming tasks have longer life spans than people in urban areas.
b. Farm families continue to have a higher birth rate than urban families.
c. Many formerly migrant worker Hispanics are settling in rural counties.
d. Retirees and other urbanites able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are moving in.
ANS: D
Recent demographic changes in rural areas have also included an influx of retirees and others from urban areas who are able to live in rural areas and conduct business through telecommunication and travel. The other responses do not support the current reason for the increase in the rural population.
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