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Growing Up in Rural America

Shelley Clark, Sam Harper, Bruce Weber
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2022, 8 (4) 1-47; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.01
Shelley Clark
aChair and James McGill Professor of Sociology at McGill University, Canada
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bAssociate professor of epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupational health at McGill University, Canada
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cProfessor Emeritus of Applied Economics at Oregon State University, United States
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