Zambia's poverty level drops to 68 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2005 ;     131 words ...Zambia's poverty level drops to 68 percent LUSAKA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's poverty level has declined from 73 percent to 68 percent over...of 2004 show that poverty level now stands at 53 percent in urban areas and...

Zambia's poverty level drops in past 6 years

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2005 ;     132 words ...Zambia's poverty level drops in past...Xinhua) -- Zambia's poverty level has declined from 73 percent to 68 percent...as saying that poverty level now stands at 53 percent in urban areas and 78 percent in rural areas...

70 percent of Nigerians live below poverty level: minister

Xinhua News Agency;  September 7, 2004 ;     308 words ...70 percent of Nigerians live below poverty level: minister LAGOS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua...least 89 million Nigerians, or 70 percent of the west African country's population...are living below the international poverty benchmark of a US dollar per day...Lawal as saying on Tuesday. The poverty ...

POVERTY LEVEL'S STEADY RISE STOPS.(BUSINESS)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 30, 2006 ;     304 words ......income was $47,105, an 8.2 percent decline from $51,335 in 1999...highest poverty rate, at 21.3 percent. New Hampshire had the lowest, at 7.5 percent. In Wisconsin, the rate was 10.2 in 2005, up from 8.7 percent in 2000. The official poverty level is used to decide eligibility...it ...

`I KNOW I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE' MOST PARENTS WHO LEAVE THE WELFARE ROLLS...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ......well below the federal poverty level. I know I'm not going...living below the federal poverty level, $14,150 for a family...report shows that 55 percent of those who left welfare...minimum wage jumped 30 percent and unemployment was...progression. Forty-one percent of those ...

U.S. INCOMES RISE FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR OVERALL POVERTY LEVEL DECLINES...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 1, 1999 ;     443 words ......percent to $41,000; by 2.8 percent to $40,600 in the Northeast and by 2.6 percent to $35,800 in the South...income of $41,679 rose 11.2 percent, reaching $46,339 for...incomes below the federal poverty level dropped by more than a...poverty rate down from 13.3 percent ...

MORE FULL-TIME WORKERS SLIP BENEATH POVERTY LEVEL

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 12, 1992 ;     559 words ......full-time workers had incomes beneath the $12,195 poverty level. Younger workers were hit hardest. A shorter version...there." The Census Bureau found that in 1979, 12 percent of full-time, year-round workers earned low wages. By 1990, that share had risen to 18 percent, more than 14 million ...

Poverty level in eastern Uganda alarming: report

Xinhua News Agency;  July 3, 2006 ;     373 words ...Poverty level in eastern Uganda alarming...alarmingly high with over 90 percent of the population saying...Pallisa and Kumi, 22,561 (90 percent) of the 23,179 households...households studied, 6,145 (26.5 percent) were female- headed and...

Study finds many lacking health care at poverty level

Tri-State Defender;  October 7, 1998 ;     425 words ......07-1998 Study finds many lacking health care at poverty level Kansas has a disproportionately large number of...children younger than 18 constitute more than 30 percent of all people without insurance in Kansas. Of the households surveyed, 69 percent of those with an uninsured child were ...

POVERTY LEVEL IN QUESTION SOME SAY STATE WORSE OFF THAN CENSUS REPORT

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  August 28, 2004 ;     635 words ......to $41,614. And the percentage of people living in...also increased from 8.8 percent to 9.4 percent. But Liu said the number...interpretation: The poverty level remained virtually unchanged. Liu said the 0.3 percentage point decrease in the...living at the federal poverty ...

Wyoming's poverty level in question.

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, WY);  August 29, 2004 ;     695 words ......to $41,614. And the percentage of people living in...also increased from 8.8 percent to 9.4 percent. But Liu said the number...interpretation: The poverty level remained virtually unchanged. Liu said the 0.3 percentage point decrease in the...living at the federal poverty ...

Black children still more likely to live below poverty level, study shows

Chicago Defender;  April 14, 2001 ;     440 words ......still more likely to live below poverty level, study shows Although child...decline, which went from 22.3 percent to 20.6 percent between 1985 and 1995. A child...fallen recently, reaching 12.4 percent in 1998, its lowest level since...

5 percent of 46168 residents below poverty level

Indianapolis Business Journal;  June 25, 2007 ;     190 words ...(Table omitted) In 46168, 72 percent of housing units were owner-occupied, compared with 68 percent for the MSA, while 28 percent of housing units were renter-occupied, compared with 32 percent for the MSA. The median monthly amount that homeowners...627, compared with $570 for the MSA. In 46168, 5 ...

Mississippi poverty level decreasing.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 28, 2004 ;     416 words ......significant drop in its statewide poverty level in the past year, according...Mississippi say the decline in the poverty level is only the tip of the iceberg...year, Mississippi had 17.2 percent of its population living in poverty, a 1.6 percent drop from 18.9 percent the ...

Tanzania poverty level in slight fall

Xinhua News Agency;  July 5, 2002 ;     231 words ...Tanzania poverty level in slight fall DAR ES SALAAM...needs has decreased from 38.6 percent in 1991-1992 to 35.3 percent in 2000-2001. The population of...food has also gone down from 21.6 percent to 17.7 percent, the ministers...