Problelns of Older Rural Persons Feelings of economic deprivation varied with a
· , ,,_ number of factors, in addition to chronolo ical a e.
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_ _ _ _ _ Married men and the men in poor health felt more
with retirement. Among the women, dissatisfaction . . . . . . _
_ _ _ _ economic deprivation than did the unmarried (wid- Ar
with retirement appeared to vary with a wider range . . _
_ _ owers, divorced, or separated) men and those in  
of factors. As was the case with the men, the chief .  
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ good health. Among the women, marital status ap-
factors mfluencmg their dislike for retirement were . . . ._
_ _ _ _ _ peared to have no bearing on their feelings of eco- r—:#
low income and poor health. In addition, their dis- . . .
_ . _ _ nomic deprivation. Poor health and a lower level of _ c
satisfaction appeared to be aggravated by having low f . ¤  
_ _ _ _ _ ormal education appeared to aggravate the older
socio-economic status, having little formal education, , f . _ . . . ,-_
_ _ _ _ _ _ womens eehngs of economic deprivation. we
bcmg single or widowed, and living with others. ‘
The older rural persons in the study were asked: ev··•‘
"Do you have to go without some things because you , , , - .
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incomes reported, less than half of the persons said fcfmmuw fw Pflge 7) i"‘:‘Y
“ es." The three thin YS the said the lacked in ticks. Rickettsial diseases are also transmitted b  
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descending order of frequency, were (1) necessi- mites; for example, Ptocky Mountain spotted fever, a
ties of life, such as proper food and clothing, (2) very dangerous disease, is transmitted to man by a *1*
certain “lnxurics" commonly used in the United States, tick. Other ticks are responsible for maintaining a pf
and   health services. natural reservoir of the disease in rodents. Ticks may
\Vith advancing chronological age a seeming COI]- also produce tick paralysis; a case of this was recently ¥*‘- 
tradiction appeared: there was a decline in money recorded in Kentucky on sheep. It may occur in other ._ .
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income and at the same time a decline in feelings domestic animals, as well as in children.
of economic deprivation. The men and women aged Iiickettsial pox is carried from animal to animal  
(i() to 64 had higher incomes than those 65 and over, and to man by the house mouse mite, a blood _;__ .
but the persons aged 60 to 64 felt more economic sucker, and at least one big outbreak of rickett—
deprivation than did the persons aged 65 and over. sial pox has occurred in the United States. The tropi— gi j °
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Several hypotheses may be suggested to account cal rat mite is misnamed since it exists in the temper- I (H
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lor this paradox. The younger men and women are ate zone; it has been shown experimentally to be able
more actively engaged in work activity, probably to transmit endemic typhus and tularemia. Lympho- ” r
have greater economic responsibilities, have higher cytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a virus disease car- L4,
as nrations and ex iectations for economic betterment ried b mites found on rats. Mites found on bats and
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have more umnet wants and needs, and consequently birds are suspected of being carriers ot the viruses of
feel more acutely deprived economically. ln contrast, Eastern and \Vestern equine encephalomyelitis and St. ,__
tl1e men and women aged G5 and over are less in- Louis encephalitis. i
volvcd in work activity, tend to have fixed incomes The mites of rodents may cause in man various skin l)‘
principally from retirement and pension systems, have reactions. This is also the case with a group of mites ..
lower aspirations and expectations for economic bet- known as the itch and grain mites. The latter may be N I 
terment, have fewer unmet wants and needs, and found in straw and have at times been a problem in V" _
consequently feel less deprivation than the younger the bedding of thoroughbreds. Poultry mites are also ;___
persons in the study. \Vith advancing chronological found on wild birds, the latter being one means of
age, the older men and women in this study appear carrying infestations from one poultry establishment {T
to have made an "adjnstment" to their constricted to another; hence it is important that birds should not hi
economic situation. be allowed to nest around chicken houses.
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