JCHHS：2024对美国农村的不同定义对住房研究的影响分析报告（英文版）（33页）.pdf

1、In Search of Rural How Varying Definitions Shape Housing ResearchFEBRUARY 2024|ALEXANDER HERMANN,WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKIJoint Center for Housing Studies Harvard University In Search of Rural:How Varying Definitions Shape Housing Research Alexander Hermann and Whitney Airgood-Obrycki February 2024 20

2、24 President and Fellows of Harvard College.Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s)and not those of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University or of any of the persons or organizations providing support to the Joint Center for Housing Studies.For more informat

3、ion on the Joint Center for Housing Studies,visit our website at www.jchs.harvard.edu.1 Abstract However defined,rural areas in the US face significant and unique economic and housing challenges.Yet there is no standard definition of rural used in federal policy and no consensus definition used in h

4、ousing research.In this paper,we show that the choice of rural definition can matter immensely for estimates of the size of the rural housing market,the demographic and housing composition of rural areas,and the magnitude of its housing challenges.With data from the US Census Bureaus 2019 American C

5、ommunity Survey 5-Year Estimates,we compare the housing characteristics of rural areas using eleven different definitions of rural.We categorize these definitions into four typesresidual,character,perceptual,and policybased on the primary purpose of defining rural.The size of the rural housing marke

6、t in the US varies considerably with the definition and typology chosen,with estimates of the population living in rural areas ranging from a fraction(1.4 percent)to about one-third in 2019.This variation has important implications for the basic demographic and housing stock characteristics,as well