Sentences with phrase «of large families living»

The individuals assessed in this study are members of large families living in Costa Rica's central valley and Antioquia, Colombia.

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Then, the company can give you data such as average and range of ages and income, how large the families are, what kind of home they live in, what hobbies they have and maybe even where they make charitable donations.

Additionally, China's one child per family social policy creates its own set of circumstances, including larger extended families that live together, and that dote on the youngest member of the family.

What it does: E. coli are a large and diverse family of bacteria that normally live in the intestines of people and animals, in the environment, and in certain foods.

Our efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

From an anecdotal standpoint, I've known a large number of successful people, most of whom earned it the hard way but some of whom were raised by wealthy families, and those who went further in their careers and were happiest with their lives were the former, not the latter.

Foodies, for example, spend a disproportionate amount of their money on food, beverages and goods at big - box stores, possibly because they live in larger households with adult chlldren or other family members.

Here's the average cost of a single - family home, the best - selling cholesterol drug Lipitor, a movie theatre - ticket, a dozen eggs and a gallon of gasoline in the largest metropolitan areas of each of the ten states using data from the ACCRA Cost of Living Index.

The simplest explanation of this rule is this: the biggest Social Security check in the family is a 100 % «joint - and - survivor» benefit, meaning that large check keeps paying as long as either spouse is living.

He frequently cites the work of Frank Furstenburg and Arlie Hochschild, two sociologists of family and gender relations whose views are by no means ideologically conservative, and he avoids value - loaded language, especially when it comes to describing the mainline Protestant churches whose leadership has, by and large, capitulated to the secular - elitist acceptance of extramarital sex, abortion, homosexuality, and other practices that conservative Christians view as inimical to moral life and family health.

If they live their faith, I bet by and large, they are contributing members of society who place emphasis on good work ethic, honesty, education, family and kindness.

The show stars Anderson as Andre Johnson, a well - off advertising executive with a large, loving family; a lot of feelings about life in the 21st century; and not enough people interested in hearing them.

What has been interesting is that our political classes are, by and large, indifferent to the importance of family life for the well - being of society.

A book that is like your own larger - than - life Advent Calendar, opening up to 25 wondrous stories that tell the family tree of Jesus, from Creation to His Coming.

The framework within which cultures develop is God - given, as are the foundations of family, economic, and national life which constitute so large a part of any civilization.

In my family, we see life as a series of grand stories that simply must be populated with larger - than - life characters.

A large percentage of Americans then lived in cities, stacked up in apartment buildings with extended families, sharing everything, from beds to toilets to clotheslines.

Admittedly I have drawn attention to large - scale suffering, but the question is just as difficult to answer when we come to the hatred, lust, malice, greed, pride and selfishness which mar the national, social and family life of our own country.

Parents of large families in which older children have already moved on to adult life report a «squash and a squeeze» effect where each child's birth makes the house a little less bearable until breaking point is almost reached... then older children spend the day at school, then they're off to university and adult life, and slowly the house becomes almost unbearably large.

In the early stages of Biblical history men regarded the major good of existence as physical — ample creature comforts, a long life, a large family, and victory in war — and for these benefits the Hebrews besought Yahweh.

In the same book Pope John Paul wrote that «a determination on the part of husband and wife to have as few children as possible, to make their own lives easy, is bound to inflict moral damage both on their family and on society at large.»

The churches which have been active in family counseling have produced family education programs on a large scale; often these are based on clinical experience obtained in the counseling centers, thus relating to real problems in the lives of people.

I do understand why the sight of two homosexuals holding hands at a concert might have turned the stomach of a hardworking, dedicated churchwoman I know who has never in her life committed an act or espoused a position that her family, church, and society at large couldn't warmly approve; still, it's hard to forgive a human revulsion that won't question itself.

In other words we should walk away from divisive ideologies and abstractions and go back to living humbly and diversely and happily as one human family on earth with large tolerance and a divine wealth of education and human opportunity and accountability — the politics are as dead as a false god of convention.

But the secular welfare states of today, it turns out, discourage large family size, and offer little motivation for the sacrifice entailed in nurturing large families during many long years of married life.

The exploration of personal development and of family life in the larger context of social and spiritual reality.

I live in a «post-1930 Lambeth Conference house»: a large, detached house optimised for the idealised family of the birth - control era: Mum, Dad and two children (preferably a boy and a girl).

Open Bible depicts a large gold - leafed family Bible open to Isaiah 53, a small tattered copy of a French realist novel, Emile Zola's Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life),) and a snuffed - out candle in the background.

Most of the Vedic religious aspiration moves at the level of the satisfaction of physical needs — long life, food, shelter, protection, large families — but in these hymns one finds a consciousness of sin and guilt and the need for forgiveness, as well also as guidance and direction in living.

In life, we won't always have the benefit of a larger group be it church, family, work, friends, etc..

The largest manufacturer of caskets in the country markets «visitation vignettes» — a kind of theater of the absurd where the dead are laid out in «life - style» caskets among emblems not of their faith or family but of their hobbies.

MY wife is willing to sacrifice her life for another... as is my mother and most of my fmaily (I have large family... cant say for those I don tknow) It would sadden me of course..

While it is true that 80 to 90 per cent of all births out of wedlock are to black teen - agers, and that half of all black children live in female - headed families, it is also the case that black males form the largest unemployed group in the total population, and are the lowest - paid of employed males.

A decade later, a study of Episcopal churches by Wade Clark Roof showed that church people tend to be divided into two groups: the «locals» who prefer to live in small communities, get their satisfaction from relating closely to families and to friends, and belong to local groups; and the «cosmopolitans» who prefer living in large cities, get their satisfaction from dealing with ideas and international issues, and belong to large state or nationwide organizations.

It will enforce the moral code that is already built into the human species, and will come with the incentive that living a good life on earth enhances the lives of oneself, one's family, and one's community at large.

Instead, I think the big issue for women (and much less so for men) is their lack of confidence in their ability to fulfill their life - goals, which is why marriage, family, and the extremely fraught issues of sexuality loom so large in our cultural politics.

Large majorities of the 1,200 people interviewed identify family life as their foremost source of satisfaction, with friendships lagging a distant second.

But any house built today will provide for all the necessary functions of family life with the use of those instruments that modern civilization affords and with consideration of the services that the larger community now makes available to the home.

Thus pastoral visitation was regarded in large part as but an adjunct of the exercise of pastoral discipline, and it was regarded as a doubly important adjunct because the proper ordering of family life was a major disciplinary concern.

I feel inclined to chime in since I have family members that make carnitas for a living (both in Mexico and here in the U.S.) and wanted to reiterate what a few people have mentioned, the * traditional * and tastier (albeit not very healthy) way to preprare carnitas is to deep fry the cuts of pork in seasoned lard in a large copper pot.

The establishment was just in the process of creating a Cajun cooking school under the aegis of «Mama» Redell who grew up in the backwoods cooking «all her life» for a large family.

«The team has a good variety of games over the summer, playing in great stadiums and allowing a large number of our global family of fans to see live games across the world,» said United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward in a press release.

But the good news is that while these mothers were struggling, the majority, in fact, seemed to be raising their families well in large part because they rejected the myth of intensive parenting in their own lives.

This is a great option for families who live in large cities and have to stroll to do most of their daily errands like grocery shopping.

Healthy families include some larger concept of life that encompasses the fact that we all die.

Fields did not intend to have a large family, but she had two surprise children later in life and has since defended large families and she upholds the high value of children and life.

A new study from the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) reveals that the large majority of parents believe technology has a positive effect on their child's future, career and life skills (78 %) and creativity (64 %).

As a kid everything is just better when it's giant size, so we're coming together to give you a couple of larger than life outdoor summer games to play with the whole family.

A large part of our time as a family has been spent dressed in odd clothes, living in the past and camping in obscure corners of the country.

Five large residential developments were completed: Greenwood Place at Rand and Hintz Roads, featuring a combination of single family homes and townhouses; Luther Village, a senior living complex at the Lutheran Home; and three high - rise residential developments in downtown Arlington Heights - Arlington Town Square, Village Green and Metropolis Performing Arts Center.