Tag: NER-Stat

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NERCRD Webinar: Caregiving Along the Life Course Among Farming Households

October 22, 2026

Taking place December 3, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET — While caregiving is a universal experience, farming households might have greater and unique needs for care because of the dangerous and physical nature of farmwork, the aging of the farming population, and the role of childcare as a safety strategy. In this webinar, Emily Southard (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) and Florence Becot (Penn State) will discuss their research on the caregiving experiences of farming households in the Northeast and Midwest states of the US, drawing from a survey of 704 farming caregivers.

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To Stay or Go? New Insights into Northeast Rural Households’ Intention to Move

August 18, 2026

In this NERCRD data brief, findings from the 2024 NER-Stat household survey shed light on which rural households are more likely to move and their reasons for wanting to do so.