Sentences with phrase «families with low levels»

As evident in Fig. 3, the severe TBI group reported significantly worse family functioning than the ORTHO group, but only in families with low levels of resources and only at the 4 - and 5 - year follow - up assessments, t (126) = 3.16, p =.002; t (139) = 3.06, p =.003, respectively.

For instance, African American families with low levels of family organization were less likely to be engaged than those with high levels of organization.

The percentage scoring at the advanced level is only 2 percent for U.S. students from families with low levels of educational attainment and only 4 percent for students from moderately educated families.

Next, we adapted this educational intervention for low birth - weight and premature children in the Infant Health and Development Program, conducted in eight cities with 985 participants, and found benefits in all eight cities, with the greatest benefits for children from families with the lowest levels of parent education.

Not exact matches

They allow lower and middle income families to shield their retirement savings from high rates of taxation and clawbacks of public pensions, leveling the tax «playing field» compared to high income families with access to many tax - planning strategies.

These reductions for the lowest - income groups were so large because President Reagan doubled the personal exemption, increased the standard deduction, and tripled the earned income tax credit (EITC), which provides net cash for single - parent families with children at the lowest income levels.

The Supplement was intended to provide working families at low - income levels with additional resources for child - rearing costs, including child care support.

Health ◾ Gay teens are 8.4 times more likely to report having attempted suicide and 5.9 times more likely to report high levels of depression compared with peers from families that reported no or low levels of family rejection.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

But Thanksgiving dinner was always at my Cousin Donna's house because she had the fancy new house with the big dining room and the lower level family room for all the men to watch football in.

Fathers were rated relatively high by the Family Nurse, for both involvement and understanding of the material, and as having a low level of conflict with the programme hand - outs and activities.

• The involvement of the father in the life of a family is associated with lower levels of child neglect, even in families that face other factors, such as unemployment and poverty (Gaudin and Dubowitz, 1997).

A substantial body of research now indicates that high levels of involvement by fathers in two parent families are associated with a range of desirable outcomes in children and young people, including: better peer relationships; fewer behaviour problems; lower criminality and substance abuse; higher educational / occupational mobility, relative to that of parents; capacity for empathy; non-traditional attitudes to earning and childcare; more satisfying adult sexual partnerships; and higher self - esteem and life - satisfaction (for reviews see Flouri 2005; Pleck and Masciadrelli 2004).

When Lauren Philbrook and her colleagues observed the normal nighttime routines of families with young babies, they found that mothers who were rated as highly «emotionally available» were more likely to have babies with low nighttime cortisol levels.

Students who eat dinner with their families often are more likely to do well in school (40 % more likely to earn As and Bs in school), be emotionally content and have lower levels of stress, have positive peer relationships and healthier eating habits, refrain from smoking, drinking, and doing drugs, and believe their parents are proud of them.

Low family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviewLow family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviewlow family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviews.7

The target population may be identified at the level of the caregiver (e.g., teen mothers, low - income families) or the child (e.g., children with disabilities).

Most home visiting programs are voluntary, and states and communities encourage participation by families with risk for maltreatment (for example, families where parents have low levels of education, live in poverty, single - parent households, and parents who themselves were involved in the child welfare system).

This innovative way to use mobile technology provides access to knowledge, including for those with low literacy levels, about common childhood diseases, pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, the first year of life, child survival, growth, learning, development and protection, and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.

«Working collaboratively with the Broome County Promise Zone, those interested in serving as mentors will be matched with children in schools that are part of CCPA's University - assisted community school effort, which aims to level the playing field for students from low - income families who lack some of the supports for academic success from which children from middle - class families benefit,» Bronstein said.

«This overall situation once again underscores the need to work even harder at the state level to provide new and ongoing tax relief to middle class families, starting with balancing our budget without any tax increases, lowering onerous energy taxes for seniors and other homeowners, and making the successful two percent property tax cap permanent,» Flanagan said.

As with all governments, at any level, and even families that have had to tighten their belts, I understand the 2 % reduction of funding for Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM), which reflects the Governor's need to lower state spending.

ALBANY, NY (11/08/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today continued his campaign urging the Federal government to fully fund the Federal Low - Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at last year's level of $ 5.1 billion to help families cope with cold winter temperatures and higher energy costs.

So even with low levels, if you had a long - term exposure, you are more likely to have health effects with it,» said Dr. Marcus Martinez, a family practician and a cancer survivor himself.

Children with both higher and lower levels had experienced family instability.

The authors chose to look at couples with incomes at or below 160 percent of the 1999 federal poverty level for families of four because of the unique stressors present in low - income households.

To be sure of their results, the researchers tested whether they held true in additional volunteers with high and low levels of IgE from Wales and further asthmatic families from Quebec.

Obesity disproportionately affects children with low economic resources at the family and community levels.

A group at any level in the classificatory hierarchy, such as a family, is formed by combining a subgroup at the next lowest level (the genus, in this case) with the subgroup or subgroups with which it shares its most recent common ancestor.

Objectives: The study goal was to leverage 3 distinct lines of evidence - a family that included individuals with complete (compound heterozygote) ANGPTL3 deficiency, a population based - study of humans with partial (heterozygote) ANGPTL3 deficiency, and biomarker levels in patients with myocardial infarction (MI)- to test whether ANGPTL3 deficiency is associated with lower risk for CAD.

According to the study, babies from families with pets — 70 percent of which were dogs — showed higher levels of two types of microbes associated with lower risks of allergic disease and obesity.

Spend quality time with others — experiencing closeness with family and friends, especially with girlfriends, calms women down, and lowering that stress level helps keep the pathways clear for better progesterone production.

However, 16α - OH estrone is also involved in bone building, so very low levels indicate increased risk for osteopenia / osteoporosis in men as well as women.29303132333435 Confirming this, a positive family history of osteoporosis has been found to be associated with preferential metabolism of estrogen through the inactive 2 - OH pathway.36

They found that four out of six (67 percent) family members with confirmed Alzheimer's disease had abnormally low blood levels of vitamin B12, compared to one out of 12 (8 percent) who were at equal genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's but did not.

Compared with the participants who consumed less than 10 % of calories from added sugar (same as in Q1), those who consumed above the thresholds of 10 % or 25 % of calories from added sugar were younger; more likely to be non-Hispanic black; less likely to be currently smoking; had lower levels of physical activity, total serum cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, HEI, American Heart Association healthy diet score, 44 and antihypertensive medication use; and had higher intake of sugar - sweetened beverages and prevalence of family history of CVD (Supplement [eTable 2]-RRB-.

I took them with my iPhone and they were taken in my lower level family room where the lighting is not ideal!)

These intangible middle class advantages include such things as a computer with internet access at home, a quiet place to study and complete homework, working parent (s) above the poverty line, no pressure to get a low - level job in high school to help pay the rent or support the family, and no fear of the streets upon which they live.

Two - thirds of low - income third graders do not read at grade level compared with one - third of third graders who do not come from poor families.

For students from families with low parental education levels, Texas (28 %) and New Jersey (25 %) have the highest proficiency rates, well ahead of Massachusetts and Minnesota (both at 18 %), putting them in 7th and 8th place among U.S. states for this category of students.

Indeed, the proficiency rate of 43 % is higher than the rate for families with low (17 %) or moderate (26 %) levels of education.

Of particular significance in this study was the high percentage of culturally diverse and low income students who were unprepared for college - level reading, including 79 percent of black students, 67 percent of Hispanic students, and 33 percent of students from families with annual incomes below $ 30,000.

Unfortunately, as a new Brookings report reveals, this too often means purchasing a home that is just barely within a family's financial means, creating a situation where millions of middle - income families live «hand - to - mouth» with very low levels of liquid savings though they have considerable non-liquid assets.

States set annual district and school targets for grade - level achievement, high school graduation, and closing achievement gaps, for all students, including accelerated progress for subgroups (each major racial and ethnic group, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low - income families), and rate schools and districts on how well they meet the targets.

Determination of the aggregate number of students from low - income families enrolled in individual schools, as well as the identification of individual students from low - income families, are important elements of Title I. Concentrations of students from low - income families are used as a proxy for identifying schools with large proportions of students with low achievement levels, and Title I funds are targeted on these schools.

Among children of parents with a low level of education, only 17 % were proficient in maths, compared with 43 % of children from well - educated families.

As shown in the table below, low - income families reported the highest levels of dissatisfaction with their district schools.

Family income level is a strong predictor of readiness; with children in low - income homes less likely to be ready for Kindergarten.

Yet, even in the few findings presented here, we have been able to build a better understanding of a culture of low - income families that are working together with schools and supportive organizations in their communities to produce very high levels of achievement in terms of high school graduation and college attendance.

With significant strains already on general fund resources at the school level, we really have no reason to believe these activities will continue to happen without reimbursement,» said Katie Valenzuela, spokeswoman for Public Advocates, a non-profit representing the interests of low - income families.

The results indicate that vouchers would tend to increase the share of private school students who come from families with relatively low levels of parental education.