Why does rural demography still matter? / László J. Kulcsár, Katherine J. Curtis -- Challenges in the analysis of rural populations in the United States / Steve H. Murdock, Michael Cline, Mary Zey -- Rural natural increase in the new century: America's third demographic transition / Kenneth M. Johnson, Daniel T. Lichter -- Migration and rural population change: comparative views in more developed nations / David L. Brown -- World urbanization: destiny and reconceptualization / Avery M. Guest -- Rural aging in international context / E. Helen Berry -- Europe's rural demography / Anthony Champion -- The demography of rural Latin America: the case of Chile / Leif Jensen, David Ader -- Rural demography in Asia and the Pacific Rim / Gavin Jones, Premchand Dommaraju -- Demographic change and rural-urban inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: theory and trends / Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue, Sarah C. Giroux -- Demographic structure and process in rural China / Dudley L. Poston, Mary Ann Davis, Danielle Xiaodan Deng -- Rural population trends in Mexico: demographic and labor changes / Landy Sanchez, Edith Pacheco -- Rural demography of India / T.V. Sekher -- The Aboriginal people of Canada: a rural perspective / Gustave Goldmann -- Rural race and ethnicity / Rogelio Sáenz -- Family matters: gender, work arrangements, and the rural myth / Leann M. Tigges, Hae Yeon Choo -- Rural families in transition / Kristin E. Smith, Marybeth J. Mattingly -- Rural health disparities / P. Johnelle Sparks -- Perspectives on U.S. rural labor markets in the first decade of the twenty-first century / Alexander C. Vias -- Race and place: determinants of poverty in the Texas Borderland and the Lower Mississippi Delta / Joachim Singelmann, Tim Slack, Kayla Fontenot -- Rural jobs: making a living in the countryside / Gary Paul Green -- The spatial heterogeneity and geographic extent of population deconcentration: measurement and policy implications / Joanna P. Ganning, Benjamin D. McCall -- Integrating ecology and demography to understand the interrelationship between environmental issues and rural populations / Christopher A. Lepczyk, Marc Linderman, Roger B. Hammer -- Boom or bust? Population dynamics in natural resource-dependent counties / Richelle Winkler, Cheng Cheng, Shaun Golding -- Neoliberal democratization and public health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: a proposed conceptual and empirical design / Moshi Optat Herman -- Diverse ruralities in the 21st century: from effacement to (re-)invention / Keith Halfacree