Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 12-2010 Who Wins and Who Loses? A Community Approach to Understanding the Well-being of Boomtown Residents Douglas Alan Malloy Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Malloy, Douglas Alan, "Who Wins and Who Loses? A Community Approach to Understanding the Well- being of Boomtown Residents" (2010). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 757. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/757 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES? A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE WELL-BEING OF BOOMTOWN RESIDENTS by Douglas Alan Malloy A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Sociology Approved: ____________________ _________________ Dr. John C. Allen Dr. Richard Krannich Major Professor Committee Member ____________________ _________________ Dr. Steve Daniels Dr. Byron R. Burnham Committee Member Dean of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2010 ii Copyright © Douglas Alan Malloy 2010 All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Who Wins and Who Loses? A Community Approach to Understanding the Well-being of Boomtown Residents by Douglas Alan Malloy, Master of Science Utah State University, 2010 Major Professor: Dr. John Allen Department: Sociology The purpose of this thesis is to accurately identify residents of a boomtown who are either experiencing a higher level of well-being, or lower level of well-being.