Sentences with phrase «few affluent households»

Until a few years ago solar panels were a rare sight in South Africa, largely limited to the roofs of a few affluent households.

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The Census Bureau data also indicate that among less affluent households, fewer directly owned stocks and mutual fund shares in 2011 (13 %) than in 2009 (16 %), meaning a smaller share enjoyed the fruits of the stock market rally.
While many studies have observed that breast feeding protects against diarrhoea, few have explored the variability of this effect.6 — 8 Our study is the first to show that breast feeding may confer greater protection against diarrhoea in deprived rather than affluent areas or households within a developed country.
During the first four years of life, a child from a lower - income household hears roughly 30 million fewer words, less than a third, than her more affluent peers.
By age 3, children from low - income households know fewer than half as many words as their more affluent peers.
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