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Abstract
Migration patterns are changing from large metropolis to rural towns. Rather than
temporary migration of male heads of households the patterns are now for families to
migrate in various stages. Rural Missouri towns have attracted newcomers. Foreign born
Hispanics in non metro Missouri have low income earnings, and education, mobility and
being woman have a negative effect on income earnings, as regression results show. The
livelihoods of rural newcomers are vulnerable, with low income, multiple adults working
in the households and with limited English proficiency. This is consistent with the life
stories of women in a small town near a meat processing plant in Missouri.