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Rural Midwest youths face rising social ills and broken roots
A National Rural Development Institute survey finds rural youths in 34 of 39 categories worse off than urban peers, with alcohol abuse, depression, teen pregnancy, and crime rising as farm crisis strains grip families. Experts cite single-parent households, limited services, and hopelessness pushing many to leave.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Farm
Deep South
America
National Rural Development Institute
Doris Helge
Cheryl
Justin
Teresa Swalla
Swalla
Paul Sar
Vela
Southern Illinois University
Bill Heffernan
University of Missouri
Chicago
Paul Sundet
Missouri Youth Initiative
Sunder