Sentences with phrase «family than those with lower levels»

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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-.

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

In a finding with huge relevance to the school choice debate, they conclude that families «with lower levels of parental education are about over four times as price elastic than other families.»

Liberals: Create a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).

You should be looking for a puppy with the same level of activity or a bit lower than that of your family's.

As predicted and also consistent with the intergenerational stake, the older generation members in families reported lower levels of negative relationship quality than the younger generations.

In San Diego, U.S.A., Jewish Family Service has delivered Triple P to more than 10,000 parents in low socio - economic communities, with results showing improvements in kids» conduct problems and parents» stress and depression levels.

Always, yeah I think always, umm, any type of relationships you're trying to build you can face challenges, so whether it will be the family's really busy and you know have to do a quick drop off in the morning and race right out of the door, it's hard to build that relationship without time to talk with them, so we've needed to reflect on how we can communicate with families in other ways, and then on the other side of that if in our service we have lots of families with low literacy so how can we communicate with them in verbal ways rather than lots of written work, even in terms of filling out enrolment forms can be a challenge for some of our families so working with them to get the most information about their child in ways that are suited to their level and skills.

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

Children in divorced families, where the parents have low levels of conflict, adjust better than children in intact families with high levels of conflict.

Children raised in families that experience multiple transitions do not consistently have higher levels of behavioral problems or lower test scores than do children in family types with one or fewer transitions, even when only child characteristics are controlled... Finally, maternal psychological well - being is shown to be an important mechanism by which family structure affects behavioral outcomes, but not cognitive ones.»

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 perilow 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 periLow pay contributes to high turnover rates, which can threaten quality in early childhood programs during children's critical developmental period.

Regarding the psychological wellbeing of the young adults, those from female - headed households showed lower levels of anxiety, depression, hostility and problematic alcohol use than their counterparts from traditional families, and higher levels of self - esteem, indicating more positive psychological adjustment among young adults who had grown up in solo and lesbian mother homes, with no difference between the two.

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.

The program is targeted to preschoolers with a maximum family income of 250 % of the federal poverty level ($ 60,750 for a family of four), and children are prioritized for enrollment based on income and other risk factors, such as a diagnosed disability, primary home language other than English, or parent (s) with low educational attainment.

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

Eligibility for mothers included age less than 18 years at delivery, first - time delivery, African American ethnicity, low income (defined as eligible for WIC: family income under 185 % of poverty level), and no chronic illnesses that would interfere with parenting or adolescent development.

High expressed emotion (EE) refers to affective attitudes and behaviors toward patients characterized by critical comments, hostility, and emotional over involvement (EOI).3 The construct has traditionally been applied to the study of familial relationships, and it is well established that levels of familial EE are significant predictors of outcome across a range of psychiatric and physical health conditions.4 A substantial body of this research has been carried out with people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and there is strong evidence that those living in high EE environments have a much higher risk of relapse than those living in low EE environments.5 The success of family intervention studies aiming to reduce high EE and relapses add to the support for a causal relationship.6, 7

More youth with ASD or ID had clinical level behavior disorders than their TD peers, and their mothers reported significantly higher personal stress and psychological symptoms, as well as lower positive impact of the youth on the family.

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.

General indices regarding mental health of mothers have been associated with their children's sleep, and less well - organized sleep patterns have been noted in children from poorly functioning families.113) Mothers of children with sleep disturbances exhibited much higher psychological stress than did controls, obtaining increased scores on all factors of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).114) Children's sleep quality significantly predicted that of their mothers, with maternal sleep quality associated with stress and fatigue.115) Moreover, infants of mothers with low levels of depression and anxiety were more likely to recover from sleep problems than those with high levels of depression and anxiety after controlling for the influence of attachment patterns.116) Sleep disturbances in early childhood were positively related to negative maternal perceptions of their child, 117) potentially interfering with the development of beneficial parent - child interactions.

That is, in families rated as having poor parenting practices, children with high levels of emotionality were less likely to exhibit conduct problems than children who had low levels of positive emotionality (Lengua, Wolchik, Sandler, & West, 2000).

As predicted, parents of children with ASD reported lower levels of family functioning than controls.

However, mothers of children with AD reported lower levels of marital adjustment and family functioning than mothers of TD children.