Sentences with phrase «less than the poverty»

Present welfare plans across Canada not only pay less than the poverty line — sometimes 20 to 40 per cent less — but also discourage work by clawing back benefits if more than $ 100 or so are earned.

«And, in most Canadian provinces and American states, welfare pays far less than the poverty line itself.

No rentals affordable for poverty - stricken: Those with an extremely low household income less than the poverty level can not afford the average cost of a modest one - bedroom rental home in any state.

Not exact matches

But the biggest «breakthrough» came for Gates, he says, when he read Rosling's proposal for four levels of wealth around the world, with level one being extreme poverty — those surviving on $ 2 a day or less — and level four being those spending more than $ 32 a day.

Sub-Saharan Africa, a region of endemic poverty, has 11 % of the world's population, 24 % of the world's burden of disease, and less than 5 % of its health workforce, said Gottlieb.

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

More impressively, poverty fell dramatically over the same period, from 49 % of the population to less than 32 %.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

«Women already receive less in earnings and Social Security benefits than men and are more likely to experience poverty, including in retirement.

One - quarter of American workers make less than $ 10 per hour, which creates an income below the poverty line.

One - quarter of American workers make less than $ 10 per hour, or are living in poverty.

Currently, about 8 percent of Social Security beneficiaries age 62 and older live in poverty, and 13 percent of beneficiaries have incomes less than 125 percent of the poverty line.

Although poverty often appears less extreme in the United States than in other countries, it is nonetheless real.

These people have been living in abject poverty right under our nose — less than 700 miles from our shore.

It may be no more (and no less) true that the elimination of poverty is «open to public choice» than that traffic accidents continue to occur in our land only «because we consent to it.»

It is important to know that in developing nations, where many women are living on less than $ 1 or $ 2 per day, the systemic challenges of extreme poverty create obstacles for good health, especially among women and children.

Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

Second, I'm perplexed because the things that move me to ask questions — disasters like the one in Haiti, religious pluralism, heaven and hell, science, poverty, injustice — don't seem to bother them like they bother me, and I (unfailry) wonder if it's because they are less compassionate or less intelligent than me.

For the marginal societies of the world, therefore, the four functions of Parsons are much less achievements than the distant intentions of a grinding struggle to ameliorate cultural amnesia, alienation, poverty, and oppression.

In its millennial report on poverty, the World Bank reveals that 24 percent of the population in developing nations live — or struggle to live — in absolute poverty, on less than one dollar a day.

From this perspective, the supposed theological poverty of Chilean Pentecostalism is explained by its youth (less than 100 years of existence), its scant institutionalization, and the way it thrives in social sectors with no access to higher education.

Worldwide, «extreme poverty,» defined as people living on less than one dollar a day, has decreased by hundreds of millions of persons over the generation.

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«In fact, about 30 % of the 700 million people in absolute poverty or with income of less than USD1.25 per day in all of Asia live in rice - growing areas in South Asia,» added Ismail.

There are currently more than 15 million American children living below the poverty line, and almost 7 million of them are living in deep poverty, with family incomes of less than $ 12,000 a year for a family of four.

Parents who are under a lot of stress, because of poverty or other destabilizing factors in their lives, are less likely than other parents to engage in the kind of calm, attentive, responsive interactions with their infants that promote secure attachment.

PT: There are 15 million American children in poverty and about half of those — about seven million — are in what economists call «deep poverty,» meaning their families are not only below the poverty line, they make below less than half of the poverty line, which is about $ 12,000 for a family of four.

Single fathers, on average, have higher incomes than single mothers and are far less likely to be living at or below the poverty line — 24 % versus 43 %.

Finland is much healthier than the US given less poverty, universal health care, whiter population (African Americans have poorer health for not completely understood reasons), less diabetes etc..

There is consistent evidence of a protective effect of exclusive breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in the first 4 — 6 months of life.4 Likely causes are the immune properties of breast milk and less exposure to pathogens in contaminated milk, food, bottles, or teats.5 Contamination and inadequate sterilisation pose less of a problem in developed than developing countries, and this explains the greater protection of breast feeding in developing countries where poverty, poor hygiene, and infectious diseases are common.

These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

One Conservative line of attack has been to switch the attention to those in «severe» poverty, defined as those with incomes less than 40 % of the median.

The Government has put in place legislation which requires any future Government to reach this first goal however this analysis and subsequent figures from Policy Exchange's report: Warmer Homes — Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timeframe.

Children growing up in poverty are less likely than their peers to do well in their GCSEs.

Next is the note that anyone making less than 133 % of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)(5) is exempt.

In the United States, 1.17 million children live in «extreme poverty,» meaning family members live on less than $ 2 per day.

Less than 3 percent of black retirees with public pensions lived below the poverty line in 2014, which is nearly 87 percent lower than the 21.8 percent of black retirees without public pensions who lived in poverty, as shown in Figure 4.

William Rapfogel was quietly issued a «merit release» from prison on May 1, after serving less than three years of a 3 - to 10 - year sentence for his role in a multi-million dollar kickback scam while head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.

That's a very misleading account of Labour's record with pensioners: we have a much lower level of pensioner poverty, and for the first time in British history, pensioners are less likely to be in poverty than other adults.

For a household of three, income less than $ 19,090 a year is below the poverty level.

Plus, Ms. Velazquez has made fighting poverty a priority, as has The Times, while Mr. Dilan has been right of center in the City Council and has been less than transparent about his campaign finance filings.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

Nearly seven out of ten people were living below the extreme poverty line, on less than $ 1 a day, and livelihood opportunities were severely limited.»

«Because of the over-bloated staff, the LGAs are doing nothing other than paying salaries and end up becoming more or less a poverty alleviation centres, where people just go to collect money and go home.

«The poverty line, according to the ONS, officially children are growing up in poverty if there is an income in that family of less than # 16,500 — that's what the ONS said.

This brief finds that even with the increase, the public assistance grant is less than half the federal poverty threshold in fifty - five counties — and just 50 to 53 percent of the threshold in the other seven counties.

And then there is the Essential Plan, which covers nearly 700,000 people who earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level but do not qualify for Medicaid.

«As I child I grew up in poverty, I have always tried to the best of my ability to help others less fortunate than me,» he told the judge.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Households that make less than % 400 of the federal poverty level qualify, about $ 46,000 for an individual or $ 96,000 for a family of four.