higher-income family
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffamily
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition offamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For instance, the current system favors nonworking married women over working women, essentially providing subsidies to higher-income families.
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For instance, the current system favors nonworking married women over working women, essentially providing subsidies to higher-income families.
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As the law predicts, the proportion spent on food items was always higher in lower-income families than in higher-income families.
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An additional maintenance loan equivalent to the tuition fee will be available to students from higher-income families.
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I have given him the figures, which indicate the extent to which lower-income families benefit from subsidies as compared with higher-income families.
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Huge and valuable concessions are already made to higher-income families.
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Does he accept as a straight fact that, as a result of the proposals, poor students will be much worse off than those who come from higher-income families?
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Children from low-income families, however, had fewer resources than children from higher-income families to prepare them for school.
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The report found the largest increases in out-of-pocket expenses were for those with private health insurance, including middle- and higher-income families.
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Children from low-income families had fewer resources than children from higher-income families to prepare them for school.
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Within higher-income families that are sending more children to universities and colleges, women make up a greater percentage (15% compared to 7%) of this growth.
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