Sentences with phrase «average family income during»

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Their annual net income during the past four years averages out to $ 5,592, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, an Ottawa - based organization that represents more than 200,000 farm families through its various affiliations across the country.

In fact, the growth in real average (after - tax, after - transfer) family income from 1976 to 2010 was the smallest in the middle - income group, at seven per cent, while the top quintile (top 20 per cent) saw their family income grow by 27 per cent during that time.

-- The top quintile (top 20 per cent) saw their family income grow by 27 per cent during that time (average after - tax, after - transfer family income of $ 135,500), compared to 14 per cent for the second - highest quintile (after - tax family income of $ 73,500), nine per cent for the second - lowest quintile ($ 32,700) and 16 per cent for the bottom one - fifth of income earners (after - tax income of $ 14,600)

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

During the recovery of the Great Recession, income inequality in the United States accelerated, with 91 % of the gains going to the top 1 % of families.19 Left out of the recovery were African American families who, during the downturn, lost an average of 35 % of their accumulated wealth.20 African American unemployment increased, home ownership decreased, and child poverty deepened to approximately 46 % of children younger than 6 years.21 Because social mobility is lowest for people in the lowest income quartile, half of African American children who are poor as young children will remain poor as adults, approximately twice as many as white adults similarly exposed to poverty as childDuring the recovery of the Great Recession, income inequality in the United States accelerated, with 91 % of the gains going to the top 1 % of families.19 Left out of the recovery were African American families who, during the downturn, lost an average of 35 % of their accumulated wealth.20 African American unemployment increased, home ownership decreased, and child poverty deepened to approximately 46 % of children younger than 6 years.21 Because social mobility is lowest for people in the lowest income quartile, half of African American children who are poor as young children will remain poor as adults, approximately twice as many as white adults similarly exposed to poverty as childduring the downturn, lost an average of 35 % of their accumulated wealth.20 African American unemployment increased, home ownership decreased, and child poverty deepened to approximately 46 % of children younger than 6 years.21 Because social mobility is lowest for people in the lowest income quartile, half of African American children who are poor as young children will remain poor as adults, approximately twice as many as white adults similarly exposed to poverty as children.22

The average pay for child care teachers is barely more than $ 10 per hour, lower than for most other jobs, including parking lot attendants and dog walkers.26 These low wages contribute to economic insecurity among the child care and early education workforce, with one in seven living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level.27 Currently, about half of people working in the child care sector rely on public benefit programs such as Medicaid and nutrition assistance.28 Low pay contributes to high turnover rates, which can threaten quality in early childhood programs during children's critical developmental period.

NAR projects the housing affordability index to average 160 during 2013, which means on a national basis that a median - income family would have 160 percent of the income needed to purchase a median - priced existing single - family home.