Sentences with phrase «by household measures»

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As of mid-2015, the measure (see blue line in chart) shows that less than a third of disposable income is required by a representative Canadian household for mortgage payments and utility fees — below the long term average (brown line).

For me, the biggest disconnect of all is the fact that while Americans are more prosperous by Martin's measure, Canadians now have a higher average household net worth.

Announcing the report findings, commissioner for census and statistics Leslie Tang Wai - kong pointed out that the Gini coefficient - an index from 0 to 1 that measures the wealth gap - for households rose by 0.002 from 0.537 in 2011 to a record high of 0.539 last year.

Whether measured by retail - broker account openings, household equity exposure or surveys, investors were crowded on the bullish side of the boat.

But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.

Meanwhile, «The bottom 90 percent of U.S. households, as measured by net wealth, now hold less than 5 percent of muni bonds, falling from almost 15 percent in 1989.»

Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of household income (205 %).

Consumer price index: A measure of the average level of prices, inclusive of sales and excise taxes, faced by urban households for a given «market basket» of consumer goods and services.

In the September quarter, household consumption rose by 1.1 per cent, a slight increase from the pace in the June quarter, but less than might have been expected given the boost to incomes from the budget measures.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

Only the EU Emissions Trading System and the carbon price floor were opposed by a clear majority of voters from across the political spectrum, though even then it is highly doubtful that very much political capital can be gained by abolishing measures equivalent to an annual average cost of # 13 per household, (see pie chart graph).

The Cabinet Office is also stewarding a bill to switch from household to individual registration, a measure promised by the outgoing Labour government.

Some measures which are not considered by the Cato institute paper are income disparity and household wealth.The numbers that are in there are based on data available in 1996 and the chain - weighting for the GDP is based on 1992 dollars.

The Cabinet Office is also stewarding a bill to switch from household to individual voter registration, a measure promised by the outgoing Labour government.

Though not quite a household name, the little - known Libertarian is an impressive candidate by almost any measure.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Thankfully, you don't have to measure your household water use personally - it's easier to go by the estimate of the United States Geological Survey: the average person in the US uses 80 - 100 gallons a day.

The scientists developed a survey to put a dollar value on the natural resources damaged by the BP Deepwater spill by determining household willingness to pay for measures that would prevent similar damages should a spill of the same magnitude happen in the future.

Sensitization was measured by blood sample screening for antibodies to a variety of household allergens.

Because the administrative files provide only a very coarse measure of family socioeconomic status — eligibility for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program — we constructed an additional proxy for family income by matching each student's residential address to U.S. Census data on the median household income in the student's neighborhood.

The study also tested household education, parental occupation, household income, household characteristics such as housing tenure, and neighbourhood measures such as neighbourhood poverty (measured by the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index).

The results of an ongoing analysis of American households by the Boston College Center for Retirement research report that half of US families will struggle financially in retirement.1 The National Retirement Risk Index is a tool that measures the percentage of working - age - households -LSB-...]

Under the previous tax law, inflation is measured by the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI - U), which essentially tracks the cost of goods and services that affect the typical household.

Credit card debt by state (30 %): Average credit card debt per household by state as measured by Equifax, a leading credit - scoring agency.

An aggregate that measures the quantity of money held by a country's households, firms and governments.

Robert Hogue, a senior economist with RBC, says that housing affordability, as measured by the percentage of household income needed to pay monthly mortgage, property tax and utility bills, hasn't been this low in years.

Poloz appears to be pursuing that same strategy, preferring to focus instead on federal measures that seek to improve the quality of household debt by tightening credit conditions for buyers.

Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of household income (205 %).

The Bank highlighted that household debt ratios will continue to rise, but these will be mitigated over time by the announced changes to housing finance rules.Even before the unanticipated rise in mortgage rates in October, the Bank revised down its economic forecast in large measure because of the federal government's new initiatives «to promote stability in Canada's housing market».

A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

The consumer price index (CPI) measures changes through time in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

In 2017, 29.4 percent of households with «expanded cash income» (which is a broad measure of income) between $ 200,000 and $ 500,000 will be affected by the AMT (table 1).

In short we may be in the position of trying to determine if a kitchen stove boils water by measuring the humidity in the living room versus household natural gas consumption.

Computer simulation measured the performance of inland and offshore wind farms and photovoltaic cells, backed up by battery and fuel cell storage, under the lowest cost conditions, for a 72 gigawatt grid system (one gigawatt will typically provide power for about 750,000 to a million US households)..

Indeed, the most exhaustive research I know on how land use affects travel behavior found that location — measured by, among other things, the distance from the regional center — is by far the most significant determinant of how much household driving will occur, over time, from a given location.

The WJP Rule of Law Index is the world's leading source for original data on the rule of law, relying on over 110,000 household and expert surveys to measure how the rule of law is experienced and perceived by the general public worldwide.

Moreover, it observed that measures Crane Co. could have undertaken to prevent household exposures were required by OSHA and not burdensome or onerous.

The Index relies on over 100,000 household and 2,400 expert surveys to measure how the rule of law is experienced in practical, everyday situations by ordinary people around the world.

The 2017 - 2018 edition covers 113 countries and jurisdictions, relying on more than 110,000 household and expert surveys to measure how the rule of law is experienced and perceived in practical, everyday situations by the general public worldwide.

▶ Maternal and household smoking during pregnancy and over the first 2 years of life, measured by maternal self - report when pregnant and at child - age 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, coded dichotomously as mother ever smoking or not, having ever ceased smoking or not (for mothers who smoked), and whether the household was always reported as smoke - free or not during the first 2 years of the child's life.

Main Outcome Measure Self - reported suicide attempts, compared by number of adverse childhood experiences, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; household substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration; and parental domestic violence, separation, or divorce.

In a recent study, researchers strengthened the association between ACEs and mental health symptoms by adding such measures to the ACE index and removing parental separation / divorce and incarceration of a household member.28 Thus, the original index might be improved by considering a wider array of adverse experiences.

As such, it was found to be an important mediator for neighbourhood SES, as measured by postcode SEIFA IRSAD, but was not a significant mediator for household - based measures of SES.

For instance, adolescents with a high socioeconomic background measured by parental education, occupation and household income were the least likely to be involved in bullying behaviour, either as being the bullies, the victims or both.

A composite SES measure was created by National Center for Education Statistics researchers based on parent's occupation, education, and household income at each wave and this was averaged across the child's lifetime and divided into quintiles.

A survey released this week by the Pew Research Center shows that most Americans now regard sharing household chores as more vital to a good marriage than such traditional measures of marital success as having children.

Area - level explanatory variables will include: accessibility and remoteness, as measured by the Accessibility / Remoteness Index of Australia Plus (ARIA +); 54 socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA); 55 presence of Aboriginal Medical Services; presence of an AMIHS; proportion of Aboriginal pregnancies / births in an area managed by an AMIHS; numbers of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children attending preschool; numbers of full - time equivalent health workers (including general medical practitioners, nurses, midwives and Aboriginal health workers) per 10 000 population; measures of social capital from the NSW Population Health Survey; 56 features of local communities (derived from ABS Census data), such as information on median personal and household income, mortgage repayment and rent; average number of persons per bedroom and household size; employment; non-school qualifications and housing type for Aboriginal residents in each area.57

Table 3.10 presents the patterns by household income for a selection of the outcome measures, suggesting a very strong link between outcomes and income.

The division of childcare and the division of household labor were measured by administering the Cowan & Cowan's (1979; 1990) Who Does What?

The HOME survey also calculates a monthly Personal Financial Outlook Index3 measured by household type, age, income and type of location.