Poverty level of people in Urban and Rural areas. (Research Paper Sample)

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Introduction.
This is a research summary on a research that was carried out to investigate the poverty levels of the people in the rural areas and urban areas. The research as carried out by personnel of ten members. The research was carried out throughout the counties of the United States of America. The research took one weak to collect the data, analyse it, and record it.
Problem being addressed and purpose of the study
The problem being addressed was poverty in America. It had been noted that the poverty rate in America was reducing but at a steady rate. This meant that there were regions where the rate was not changing. This was the problem that triggered the research. The purpose of the study was to find out which area between the two (rural and urban) has the highest number of people living below the poverty line.
Hypothesis
The hypothesis of the research was ‘there are more people living below the poverty line in rural areas than in urban areas’. This resulted to the question, ‘which area has the largest number of people living below the poverty line (Isserman, 2005)?
Methods
During this research, various methods were used to collect data. One of these methods was interviewing. We interviewed random people in both rural and urban areas. The interviewing process took us two days because we wanted to interview a good number of residents. We ask them various questions so as to get the information on approximately how much they earn per day, and how they get their money. The other method we used to carry out the research was sampling. We preferred this method because it would be tiresome and costly to use the whole population. So we sampled urban people and rural people randomly in samples of fifty individuals. We researched on the samples, and used the information from the samples to make conclusions about the whole population (Tukey, 1977).
Description of the subject
The subjects used in our research were people aged between the age of twenty eight years to forty five years. 75% of the subjects were male, while 25% were female. 51% were whites, 25% blacks, 11% Latinos, 9% Asians and 4% others. The subjects were from various towns, cities, and rural areas around United States of America. We distinguished urban areas from rural areas using the degree of development, and the population of the region.
Tools
During our research we used various tools including boots, heavy jackets, umbrellas and bags. We carried boots and heavy jackets because some of the places we visited during the research were so cold, hence the need to prevent ourselves. Umbrellas were important because some other places were rainy. The bags were crucial for use to put the thing we would need inside (Isserman, 2005).
Results
From our research, we found out that 70% of people living in rural areas were living below the poverty line, with 60% being women and 40% men. 20% of people living in the urban areas lived below the poverty line, with 52% of them being women and 48% men. These results made use fail to reject our hypothesis, and concluding that there are more people living below the poverty line...