The phrase "advantaged groups" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to groups of people who have certain benefits or privileges in society compared to others.
Example: "In discussions about social equity, it is important to consider the perspectives of both disadvantaged and advantaged groups."
Alternatives: "privileged groups" or "favored groups".
Advantaged groups enjoy political benefits but are not in control of governing power.
Ricci v. DeStefano illustrates the difficulty that employers can face in trying to achieve a diversified workforce while refraining from discrimination against traditionally advantaged groups.
The greatest deficit of op portunity for currently dis advantaged groups is now at the graduate level, and par ticularly at the graduate pro fessional level.
It will clarify for employers the steps they may take in efforts to create a more diverse workplace, while avoiding Title VII lawsuits alleging "reverse discrimination," i.e., discrimination against traditionally advantaged groups.
Importantly, in most cases, the increases within countries were restricted to the socioeconomically advantaged groups.
While this study has adjusted for possession of private health insurance, the prevalence of which increases with increasing social advantage, more advantaged groups are also better able to pay for procedures in the private sector, as and when necessary [ 20].
Mary Curnock Cook, the chief executive of Ucas, said: "Our analysis shows that decreases in demand are slightly larger in more advantaged groups than in the disadvantaged groups.
The report painted a stark picture of the gaps in access to higher education, with 18-year-olds from the most advantaged groups more than six times more likely to attend highly selective institutions than those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
But the extent of this "representational inequality" is staggering: when preferences of low or middle income Americans diverge from those of the affluent, there is virtually no relationship between policy outcomes and the desires of these less advantaged groups.
A 2013 report by the UK's Department for International Development notes that "Dalits, Muslims and indigenous people are twice as likely to be poor" – with significant impacts on health and education – than higher-caste groups, and that the gap between disadvantaged and advantaged groups is increasing.
Digging deeper into these numbers, Oster and her colleagues found that the higher U.S. mortality rates are due "entirely, or almost entirely, to high mortality among less advantaged groups". To put it bluntly, babies born to poor moms in the U.S. are significantly more likely to die in their first year than babies born to wealthier moms.
