Sentences with phrase «less than their urban counterparts»

The CUPW claims that, on average, rural postal workers earn 30 % less than their urban counterparts; the majority of rural carriers are women.

But the biggest finding was that those who lived closer to the city center or the main highway had better access to water deliveries than those in more remote areas — because of distance and transportation issues — but still less than their urban counterparts.

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Thus, not only do rural people have a greater democratic say in how their local governments are run, they also have a greater democratic say in how some of their key utilities and economic institutions are run, and are far more likely per capita to serve on the governing boards of such institutions, (even though, as in the case of governments, they have far less formal training and expertise in doing so than their urban counterparts running investor owned corporations that do the same things in urban areas).

«Rural ranchers face less access to water during drought than urban counterparts.»

One analysis she conducted found that rural areas — at least in the state she studied, Wisconsin — were less likely to offer child care services than their urban counterparts.

In contrast, both rural and urban dry environments experience similar temperature increases, and both have less annual rainfall than their eastern and southeastern counterparts.

African American, Hispanic, and white women are less likely than their urban counterparts to have mammograms (7).

Farmers often have a less materialistic view of the world than their urban counterparts, Miller said, adding that there is «definitely a divide» between people «in the corporate rat race» and those in rural areas.

Conversely, poor salary was the leading factor for dissatisfaction in low - poverty suburban schools (61.1 percent) with administrative support (30.1) and faculty influence (14.3) proving less significant for suburban teachers than their urban counterparts.

In Oklahoma, the battle to pass the state's first parent - trigger law is less about party lines and more about geography — urban Republicans and Democrats are more likely to support a parent - trigger bill than their rural counterparts, said State Sen. David Holt, R - Oklahoma City.