Sentences with phrase «than the poverty level»

Sorting schools by initial achievement rather than poverty level produces even larger differences (see Figure 1).

[16] The income eligibility thresholds for free and reduced - price lunches are higher than the poverty levels used in the standard allocation formulas to states and LEAs: 130 percent of the poverty line for free lunches (or $ 31,525 annually for a family of four for the 2015 - 16 school year) and 185 percent of the poverty line for reduced - price lunches (or $ 44,863 annually for a family of four for the 2015 - 16 school year).

No rentals affordable for poverty - stricken: Those with an extremely low household income less than the poverty level can not afford the average cost of a modest one - bedroom rental home in any state.

Not exact matches

But the biggest «breakthrough» came for Gates, he says, when he read Rosling's proposal for four levels of wealth around the world, with level one being extreme poverty — those surviving on $ 2 a day or less — and level four being those spending more than $ 32 a day.

A renowned campaigner against the rising level of poverty in the U.S., his rivals were left speechless after the media reported that he had paid more than $ 400 on two separate occasions for a trim at a popular Rodeo Drive salon.

Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

That's likely part of the reason that enrollment dropped, as Americans making more than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizens do.

And he built on that concept on Thursday, announcing that his firm will bolster its patient assistance programs for more than 40 drugs, including by helping people who make up to four times the federal poverty level buy their treatments for free.

First, rather than giving workers a true chance to prosper, the companies keep tight reins on key aspects of the business, restricting workers» earning potential while saddling them with hefty lease payments and reducing pay to poverty levels.

Under Obamacare, if you make more than 400 % of the poverty level as deemed by the government, you no longer get subsidized healthcare.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

Or should these trading gains — a zero - sum activity where one party's gain is, by definition, another's loss (usually one's customers)-- be taxed more highly than poverty - level income of workers?

In Low Wage Workers in the New Economy (Urban Institute, 2001), Richard Kazis notes that the incomes of more than 9 million working Americans are below the poverty level.

Farmers can make the appropriate decisions the about guarantee system and the market that empower them as price makers rather than price takers, ensuring that farmers and their communities can break the poverty cycle and have a fair level of prosperity,» Leu wrote.

This was more than welcome in a region that has to cope with political instability, high crime rates, a tea industry suffering from falling prices and rising costs, and a large part of the population living below poverty level.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

More than half the student population in Joliet School District 86 is at the poverty level and the majority are either Hispanic (47 percent) or African - American (31 percent).

If my son has higher blood DHA levels than similarly aged little boys who are growing up below the poverty line, it's not the fatty acids that explain why he is more likely to go to college.

Nestlé executives at the highest level of the company have refused to stop this process even though they know that babies fed on formula are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.

These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

Currently, the federal poverty level for a household of four is $ 23,550, which means that a household of four at 300 % of the poverty level would be making $ 70,650, which is more than median household income ($ 51,017).

That means that (at the current poverty level), the highest cost of a plan is $ 4,244 (cheaper than what you would currently pay for health care).

Next is the note that anyone making less than 133 % of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)(5) is exempt.

2020, which should have marked the end of child poverty in our country, will be the first time, the end of the first decade since records began when absolute levels of child poverty rose rather than fell.

That's a very misleading account of Labour's record with pensioners: we have a much lower level of pensioner poverty, and for the first time in British history, pensioners are less likely to be in poverty than other adults.

For a household of three, income less than $ 19,090 a year is below the poverty level.

The report indicated that more than one - quarter of families have household incomes below the federal poverty levels.

«Britain simply can not afford the human and economic costs of child poverty levels much higher than our European competitors.»

And then there is the Essential Plan, which covers nearly 700,000 people who earn less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level but do not qualify for Medicaid.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Dr Philip Withington at the University of Cambridge has found that affluence rather than poverty has tended to drive consumption levels, especially among the middle classes and higher, even though legislation and enforcement is often focused on the poorer parts of the population.

Households that make less than % 400 of the federal poverty level qualify, about $ 46,000 for an individual or $ 96,000 for a family of four.

Roughly 40 percent of city residents between the ages of 50 and 64 have less than $ 10,000 saved for retirement, even though a New Yorker would need to have saved $ 215,000 to live at poverty - level for a 15 - year retirement.

In 2009, more than one in five New York City residents lived in poverty, with experts saying the level would have been higher without the federal economic stimulus program.

During speeches in each city, Cuomo argued that the current minimum wage, which will rise to $ 9 an hour at year's end, provides less income than the federal poverty level.

At 149 schools in the Bronx, less than one in ten can read or do math at grade level, and these schools disproportionately impact poor children of - color — 96 % of the 65,000 students in these failing schools are of - color, and 95 % come from families near or below the poverty line.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says that New York City's poverty rate is at its lowest level since the Great Recession, with 141,000 fewer New Yorkers in poverty or near poverty in 2016 than there were in 2013.

Some characterize religion in this fashion already, and as we know those women who took vows of poverty — yet lived in Jersey where the cost - of - living is higher than a vow of poverty would accommodate — would have approved of the lobotomy to maintain the «particular level of poverty they enjoyed» (well at least in 1950 — we've cough cough cough cough come cough cough cough cough such a cough long way in the cough field since cough cough cough).

While Erie County's unemployment rate and levels of poverty are better than the state and national averages, not everyone is benefitting from our resurgent economy.

«The program offers subsidies to parents earning less than 275 % of the federal poverty level.

In Richmond, population 103,701, one in six residents lives below the federal poverty level, and more than eight in 10 are people of color, according to 2010 U.S. Census data.

In Mexico, the government decided that every village with more than a certain poverty rate and infant mortality level should get electricity.

Lower income kids performed at a lower level than others in reading comprehension and mathematical calculations but were competitive in basic cognition, memory and reading skills, indicating that poverty may affect development at the level where different abilities must be combined, such as verbal skills and memory, in the case of reading comprehension.

A new study estimates that, since 2008, access to mobile - money services — which allow users to store and exchange monetary values via mobile phone — increased daily per capita consumption levels of 194,000, or roughly 2 percent, of Kenyan households, lifting them out of extreme poverty (living on less than $ 1.25 per day).

The odds of HPV vaccine initiation among girls living in communities where 20 percent or more of the population was living below the poverty level were 1.18 times greater than for those living in the least impoverished communities.

Meanwhile, the Modi government has made it clear that with more than 20 percent of the country's residents still living below the poverty line and 300 million people still without access to electricity, India is at a very different economic level than China.

In 2015 and 2016, current tobacco use prevalence was about 10 % for adults in higher income households (greater than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level) compared with almost 25 % for adults in households below the povertPoverty Level) compared with almost 25 % for adults in households below the povertypoverty line.

Although the researchers controlled for demographic factors such as poverty, education level, and age of childbirth, it's possible that single mothers are more likely than married moms to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking that could lead to poorer long - term health, Strobino says.