Sentences with phrase «per cent of families»

Eighteen per cent of the families in the intervention condition did not attend any intervention sessions.

Three - quarters of couple families (75 %) experienced a high level of employment throughout the five - year period, with only six per cent of families experiencing a sustained job loss or substantial reduction in hours.

The majority of couple families (82 %) experienced a high level of employment throughout the five - year period, with only six per cent of families experiencing a sustained job loss or substantial reduction in hours.

There is no doubt that there are challenges in implementing a universal programme in partnership across a large geographical area; however, our reach is increasing as staff become more familiar with the programme and parents hear through word of mouth about Triple P. Using a recognised measurement tool, we can show improved scores for 85 per cent of families who have received an intervention for a specific parenting problem and an improved score for 72 per cent of families who have more complex problems.

Eighty per cent of the families attended at least half of the group based sessions, and parent satisfaction was high.

The level of conflict between parents usually reduces significantly in the two to three years after separation, although it remains high in approximately ten per cent of families.

Rare in legal systems around the world, they deal with approximately the most troubled 10 per cent of families, yet only 1 per cent of those have to go before a judge.

He also noted the government introduced the Canada Child Benefit, which he said gives an average of $ 2,300 to 90 per cent of families.

With the existing $ 5,500 - per - year contribution limit, all but the top few per cent of families will soon be able to shelter all of their assets from taxation.

Only 3.3 per cent of families had more than $ 200,000, and 1.8 per cent had more than $ 300,000.

Children have fewer opportunities to be outdoors than their parents enjoyed — 33 per cent of families spend less time outdoors than in the previous generation.

Contrastingly, 99 per cent of families in Northumberland and Central Bedfordshire got their first choice of school.

Others claimed a dissatisfaction with the local school or a conflict, accounting for 9.3 per cent of families.

«The IFS [Institute for Fiscal Studies] has said the marriage tax break will help just 28 per cent of married couples and only 15 per cent of families with children.

With 71 per cent of families in owner occupation - the highest in the Western world - the private sector is not far from market saturation, with penal income / price ratios putting first time buyers at increasing risk should there be an economic slow down.

For example, 62 per cent of families in the bottom income quintile would like, but can not afford, to take their children on holiday for one week a year.5

Furthermore, while 64 per cent of families own or are in the process of buying their residences, the residential sector occupies only 2 per cent of the 1.3 billion acres of privately held land.

This shouldn't be a surprise since it only applies to 15 per cent of families.

According to the Growing Gap, a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, «In 2004, the richest 10 per cent of families raising children earned 82 times more than the poorest 10 per cent — almost triple the ratio of 1976, when they earned 31 times more.»

Only 3.3 per cent of families had more than $ 200,000, and 1.8 per cent had more than $ 300,000.

With the existing $ 5,500 - per - year contribution limit, all but the top few per cent of families will soon be able to shelter all of their assets from taxation.

«I know that there are areas of the estate which require significant work, but we are making progress to improve accommodation - already 95 per cent of family homes are at the highest or second highest standard.»

According to the report, more than 90 per cent of family litigants in the B.C. Provincial Court, faced with daunting legal costs, choose to self - represent, resulting in predictable inefficiencies.

In 27 per cent of family law cases the opposing side had no lawyer at all and another 21 per cent had no lawyer for part of the case.

I learned from Forrest that the statistics confirm that 90 per cent of Family Conflict settles in private Mediation — 60 per cent in Court directed Mediation.

The investment by LPIC is in the form of a 20 per cent equity interest in DIVORCEmate, whose forms and tools software is currently being used by more than 80 per cent of family law lawyers in Ontario.

The Court's jurisdiction and workload has grown significantly over the last 14 years and it is now the largest court in the Federal judicial system, responsible for over 87 per cent of all family law matters with a higher percentage in some regions.

Habitat for Humanity GTA then offers a zero down payment, no - interest mortgage capped at 30 per cent of a family's income to help families purchase those homes.

For couples, the bonus will be phased out at a rate of 10 per cent of family net income in excess of $ 150,000, and eliminated at family incomes greater than $ 250,000.

Not exact matches

The family that holds a majority interest in Diploma Group has formally launched a takeover offer for all shares it doesn't own in the business, at a bargain basement price of 1.5 cents per share.

Economists say that the plan, which would cost the government $ 2.7 billion a year, would give the most benefit to families who need it least and no benefit at all to 85 per cent of Canadian households.

Family Caregiver Tax Credit Caregivers of infirm dependants (including spouses, common - law partners and minor children) will be able to claim a 15 per cent non-refundable tax on $ 2,000 (indexed for inflation) if receiving a dependency - related credit such as the Child Tax Credit, Infirm Dependant Credit, or the Caregiver Credit.

There is an entire group of industries like wool, silk, cotton, and rayon weaving when the Jewish interest in production is small, being 5 to 10 per cent in wool (for example, L. Bachmann of Uxbridge Worsted, Austin T. Levy of Stillwater Worsted, and Allen and Bernard Goldfine), 15 per cent in silk (for example, Hess, Goldsmith & Co., David Silks, Inc., Widder Bros.), 5 per cent in cotton (the Cone family of North Carolina, Sigmund Odenheimer of New Orleans, Elias Reiss of New York), and 16 per cent in rayon - yarn production (Industrial Rayon and Celanese Corp.) But in these same industries the Jewish interest in distribution is large, half the wool sales agents and jobbers, three - quarters of the silk converters, and three - quarters of the cotton converters being Jews.

The Task Force concluded that, in 1992, the population included in their analysis had a savings rate of 10.1 per cent, which is greater than the 8.9 per cent target rate that would allow two earner families to meet their retirement income target.

In 2005 according to my calculations with the Survey of Household Spending, a $ 100,000 per family TFSA would have shielded about 46 per cent of taxable assets from taxation, assuming taxable assets were not left outside the TFSA when TFSA room was available.

Unless, of course, you are talking about the families of the wealthy and privileged who have received about 70 per cent of federal personal tax cuts over the past 10 years.

In other words take from all families with children and give to 15 per cent of high - income families with children.

A poll conducted by Associated Press - GfK in late March — when oil prices had already risen 26 per cent since the start of the year to US$ 108 a barrel — revealed that two - thirds of Americans expected rising gasoline prices to cause hardship for them or their families in the coming months.

If these changes go through, there are many scenarios where a typical middle - class, family - run business from which the owners draw a salary of $ 100,000 could see a substantial — 20 to 50 per cent — increase in tax paid.

At the high end, the tax loss is estimated at $ 1.7 - billion, which assumes 50 per cent of the salary income was not earned for real work performed, and the family member had a 15 - per - cent - lower marginal tax rate than the company owner.

Only a small minority (roughly 15 to 20 per cent) of middle - income Canadians retiring without an employer pension plan have saved anywhere near enough for retirement and the vast majority of these families with annual incomes of $ 50,000 or more will be hard pressed to save enough in their remaining period to retirement (less than 10 years) to avoid significant fall in income.

Currently, there is a compassionate care benefit available to people caring for a family member near the end of life, but the new benefit would offer 15 weeks of leave — at 55 per cent salary — when caring for a loved one with any serious illness or injury.

Real after - tax income of middle - class families (considered the middle quintile or middle one - fifth of families) in Canada grew by only seven per cent between 1976 and 2010 — or 0.2 per cent per year — according to the report, with the average family income (after taxes and transfers) totalling $ 49,700 in 2010 for the middle - income families.

Since 1976, the average after - tax income of all Canadian families grew 18 per cent in real terms (adjusting for inflation) to $ 61,000 in 2010 (most recent data available), say the documents.

-- The top quintile (top 20 per cent) saw their family income grow by 27 per cent during that time (average after - tax, after - transfer family income of $ 135,500), compared to 14 per cent for the second - highest quintile (after - tax family income of $ 73,500), nine per cent for the second - lowest quintile ($ 32,700) and 16 per cent for the bottom one - fifth of income earners (after - tax income of $ 14,600)

-- Since 1976, the average after - tax income of all Canadian families grew 18 per cent in real terms (adjusting for inflation) to $ 61,000 in 2010 (most recent data available)

-- 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

A majority (68 per cent) of working Canadians acknowledge the possibility of serious financial implications for them and their family if they were to become disabled and unable to work for three months.

By 2017, B.C. families and industries will have seen their power costs increase by 80 per cent on the B.C. Liberal's watch, including as a result of Premier Clark's broken election promises on hydro rates.

For incomes of $ 150,000 and higher, TFSA holdings were 6.5 per cent of the total for individuals, but nearly four times that share, 24 per cent, when considering family income.