Sentences with phrase «upper middle income groups»

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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.

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).

Parents ordinarily pay fees, with the government providing some subsidies directly for the poor, and indirectly — through tax credits — for the middle - and upper - middle income groups.

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

All four members of the group are moderates in their politics, representing districts filled with upper - middle - income suburbanites.

Organized by partnerships between school districts, nonprofit organizations, universities, and others, they provide a more diverse group of students with the enriching science, art, and community - based activities that middle - and upper - income parents can provide by paying for fee - based summer sessions.

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.

A report by the national advocacy group People for the American Way found that over a three - year period, the Arizona scheme has cost the state more than $ 55 million in funds that have gone largely to subsidize private and religious education for middle - and upper - income families.

A third group, the upper middle class / slightly rich folks, would invest it, since they have less shelters than the really rich folks and more of their real income passes through and is taxed as ordinary income.

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.