Sentences with phrase «earnings below the poverty line»

Furthermore, among the increased earnings among workers that would result in an increased minimum wage, only 19 percent would go to families with earnings below the poverty line.

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«The vast majority of Latinos are receiving earnings that are below the poverty line,» observed Héctor Figueroa, who has served as President of 32BJ Service Employees International Union since 2012.

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.