The rural-urban income divide persists, and it may be widening. Cities are home to high-paid business services and rural areas have lost manufacturing, contributing to the 23% gap in earnings.

He said the income gap between urban and rural areas in China had narrowed in the past decade, but it would be more difficult to achieve the reform goal "if there are still huge gaps in public ...

English proficiency, income and insurance type could factor into why women cared for at rural community health centers screen for cervical less than those who receive health care services at urban ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and eight other government agencies jointly announced an action plan to boost rural ...

Five Decades of Black-White and Rural-Urban Income Gaps BRADLEY L. HARDY , SHRIA HOLLA , ELIZABETH S. KRAUSE , JAMES P. ZILIAK RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences , Vol. 11 ...

The HCES 2023-24 data showed that urban-rural gap in MPCE has declined to 70% in 2023-24 from 84% in 2011-12. In 2022-23, the gap was 71%.

Biden effort to bridge rural income gap faces test in Texas. ... and incomes in rural Texas are running almost 20% less than urban areas — part of a larger trend across the United States.

According to the report, between 1999 and 2019 the gap in rural/urban natural-cause deaths for those aged 25–54 surged from 6% to 43%. Researchers also found that the more rural the region, the ...