Sentences with phrase «poor economic backgrounds»

It was found that a higher percentage of individuals with high debt were single mothers, minorities, and individuals from poor economic backgrounds.

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The free market is presented as the best way of organizing economic life — but it can only function well against a background of equal personal and property rights that protect all members of society, from the very rich to the very poor.

One from Harvard and the other from poor, inner - city Boston, covering a broad socio - economic spectrum and a variety of backgrounds.

The study, conducted by McCartney, Boston College Associate Professor Eric Dearing, and Samford University Professor Beck Taylor, looked at reading and math achievement of more than 1,300 children in middle childhood from economic backgrounds ranging from poor to affluent.

Pupil Premium Promise - Development of the whole child (Life Experience programme) Limited life experiences of pupils from poor socio - economic backgrounds has a direct link with lower attainment.

Their thought - provoking commentary, ideas and impassioned anecdotal insights are presented in the form of essays, think pieces and poems that draw together a wealth of research on the issue and probe and discredit the current view on what is best for children from poorer socio - economic backgrounds.

By sixth grade, poor attendance is a proven indicator of whether a child will drop out of high school, regardless of economic background (Balfanz, Herzog, & MacIver, 2007).

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

The inspiration that resulted in watching every day individuals from all socio - economic backgrounds, some even desperately poor, make positive changes to their local demographics to support global health was / is infectious.

The current analysis examined the extent to which the socio - economic background of adolescents relates to very poor self - reported health and well - being (the so - called» bottom end»).