Sentences with phrase «lower middle income group»

«I am happy there is a change... I am very happy... because you can't have a situation where we claim to be doing well, calling ourselves lower middle income group, and [live] in a miserable situation,» she told Accra - based Joy FM.

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In an analysis of the changing shape of the American middle class, Pew Research Center divided the population into three groups: Lower - income Americans made less than 2/3 of the median household income, middle - income households had incomes between 2/3 and 200 % of the median, and upper - income households had income more than twice the median income.

Strong agreement is characteristic of older respondents (55 to 64 — 57 %, 65 + — 56 %), those in lower ($ 20K to $ 40K — 58 %) and middle - income groups ($ 60K to $ 80K — 59 %), in Ontario (54 %) and among Blackberry owners (64 %).

In addition, lower - and middle - income groups are relying more and more on their credit cards, with these groups reporting a higher use of credit - card debt.

-- When changes in the composition of families are taken into account — including fewer adults per household as family sizes decrease — the real after - tax income of middle - class families increased 30 per cent from 1976 to 2010 — on par with other income groups, but still lower than the top earners

Social Security represents a substantial share of income for the bottom quintile but is less important for higher - earners — reflecting the progressive nature of the benefit formula and the fact that higher - earners have many other sources of income — whereas private retirement income is less important at the low end but is more important for middle and upper - income groups (those at the very top mostly rely on investment or business income).

But as Batchelder notes, this only applies to low - income families, not the middle class, the group that stands to see taxes go up under the Trump plan.

Blacks and whites are about equally likely to have thought about it, as are persons from upper -, middle -, and lower - income groups.

The Young Men's Christian Association soon expanded its program to meet the social, physical, and intellectual as well as the religious needs of young men in the lower and middle - income groups.

In its pre-budget submission, the Australian Industry Group called for tax cuts to be concentrated on lower and middle - income households who it said were most in need of relief.

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their plans to help cut income tax bills for low and middle income groups.

«Middle - class families and our working poor must not be forced to bear the brunt of such cuts,» warned Sheldon Silver (even though Paterson vowed not to raise middle - and low - income taxes and to protect those grMiddle - class families and our working poor must not be forced to bear the brunt of such cuts,» warned Sheldon Silver (even though Paterson vowed not to raise middle - and low - income taxes and to protect those grmiddle - and low - income taxes and to protect those groups).

So we need to find ways that will benefit the low - and middle - income group [s], who may not have access to knowledge or have the education to absorb it in the same way.

The research was undertaken by the University College London Energy & Development group, a group of researchers and academics at UCL who work on issues related to energy in low and middle - income countries.

«Despite possible similarities in the relationship between early menarche and sexual and reproductive health in low -, middle - and high - income countries, the factors associated with early menarche and early marriage may differ across ethnic groups within the same country,» noted Mobolaji Ibitoye, MPH, DrPH candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School and lead author.

«The rapid shifts in disease burden place poor people in low - and middle - income countries at high risk of not having access to appropriate services and incurring payments for health care that push them deeper into poverty,» said Timothy Evans, Director of Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group.

Most patients with T2DM live in low - and middle - income countries, but prevalence rates are higher in high - income countries, where lower socioeconomic groups are disproportionally affected.

You can read the report abstract at: The technical report on sodium intake and cardiovascular disease in low - and middle - income countries by the joint working group of the World Heart Federation, the European Society of Hypertension and the European Public Health Association.

Key Difference The Lower, Middle, and Upper Classes are basically groups divided by income.

Instead of one wealthy family, this film focuses on a group of middle or low - income individuals caught in the crossfire as the sixth annual purge begins.

Piney Branch Elementary serves an incredibly diverse group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, from the children of übereducated white and black middle - class families, to poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, to low - income African American kids.

US Census, «Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010,» https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf#page=5; A few statistics can help determine the extent to which the cutoff for the second income group might be producing the appearance that many middle - income students receive a Pell Grant when these students might be better categorized as low - iIncome, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010,» https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf#page=5; A few statistics can help determine the extent to which the cutoff for the second income group might be producing the appearance that many middle - income students receive a Pell Grant when these students might be better categorized as low - iincome group might be producing the appearance that many middle - income students receive a Pell Grant when these students might be better categorized as low - iincome students receive a Pell Grant when these students might be better categorized as low - incomeincome.

We further believe that while education systems should be attuned to the needs of all students, including high - performing students and students raised in middle - and upper - income homes, policy makers must be particularly sensitive to the needs of student groups whose choices have historically been limited by law or by circumstance, including students of color, students raised in low - income homes, students with English language needs, and students with disabilities.

At a panel convened last week by the Public School Forum of N.C., a research and advocacy group in Raleigh, Tulbert was one of several principals at low - performing schools — many of them teeming with low - income children — who described how their children tend to arrive lagging behind their middle - class and upper - class peers.

We intend that our work at the Education Endowment Foundation with the Tutor Trust will provide a way of bringing one - to - one and small group tuition to pupils from low and lower middle income backgrounds.»

His nonpartisan group focuses on the effects of the tax code on low and middle - income families.

Attitudes belong to all layers of a person's identity, whether it is their role in schools as a student, teacher, paraprofessional, janitor, school board member, or bus driver; as a member of a racial or ethnic group; whether a person is an English Language Learner, is fluent in multiple languages, or is a non-English speaker; and whether a person identifies as poor, working class, low - income, middle income or high income.

Teaching to the middle has been considered a poor practice for decades; however, the diversity of the population and the need to hold high expectations for individual students makes small group instruction a significant priority in an increasingly low - income community.

Special - progress classes were even more racially and academically segregated from other students than their contemporary version, «gifted and talented» programs that retain middle - class parents in the public - school system by separating their children from most low - income and minority - group peers.

He argues that other groups, such as low - and middle - income taxpayers, the elderly, and less successful investors, typically have low financial flexibility, and therefore have much less discretion over when to realize capital gains as they need the cash flow generated by these asset sales.

Low - and some middle - income countries still need support to develop data collection, and adopt and finance strategies towards a just transition to an environmentally sustainable economy and society that includes everyone from all groups of society,» says Catherine Saget, the lead author of the report.

However, many vulnerable groups, particularly in rural and urban areas in low and middle - income countries, do not have the resources to be able to migrate to avoid the impacts of floods, storms and droughts.

, «Middle Income Access to Justice» (University of Toronto Press, 2012), the «Introduction» states in part (p. 4): «For our purposes, when we refer to middle income earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law mMiddle Income Access to Justice» (University of Toronto Press, 2012), the «Introduction» states in part (p. 4): «For our purposes, when we refer to middle income earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law mIncome Access to Justice» (University of Toronto Press, 2012), the «Introduction» states in part (p. 4): «For our purposes, when we refer to middle income earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law mmiddle income earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law mincome earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law mincome is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law matter.

Many of the groups, completely independent of each other, came up with solutions to improve access to justice for lower - and middle - income people who can not afford a lawyer's help.

The Ontario Civil Legal Needs Study reported that among low and middle - income families (defined as those with an income under $ 75,000, and the same group that generally can not afford private legal services), 35 % had had a legal problem in the past 3 years.

We have grown to cater for the general public, becoming the leader in tailor - made insurance products for low to middle - income groups.

The Delhi silver rate is influenced by every class of people in the society, right from the middle class to that of the lower income groups.

The investments are always considered to be a safe bet when projected and set in the broader perspective of the day to day living of middle or lower income groups of people.

The way this life insurance policy is designed should make it very attractive to low and middle income groups who like the ULIP route to investment and insurance.

During the past 3 decades, a broad national consensus has emerged identifying poverty - related disparities in child development and school readiness as a critical public health problem.1, 2 Children growing up in poverty fall behind their middle - class peers in development from the time they say their first words, usually shortly after their first birthday.3 In a 2009 population - based analysis, 4 40 % of low - income eighth graders performed below the basic level for their age group in reading.

1.93 (0.39); middle (p = 0.018) and high (p = 0.009) income groups had significantly better family function than the low - income group

For example, 75 % of families in the highest income group reported using childcare compared with 65 % in the middle income group and 45 % in the lowest income group.

Developed with Columbia University and experts from the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing this series of briefs provides a much needed review of contemporary research methodologies for adolescent well - being in low - and middle - income countries, covering: indicators and data sources, ethics, research with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, participatory research, measurement of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening interventions.

In middle - and lower - income markets, renters are spending proportionately more on their rent — «so much so I believe there's an acute crisis headed our way,» says Toby Bozzuto, president and CEO of The Bozzuto Group, a multifamily management and development company.

Households in the middle and upper income groups are more likely than lower - income households to own their homes, and the decline in ownership has been more modest among these groups.