These things are good, especially when compared to poverty, sickness, or unemployment.
Not having the man of your dreams is nothing compared to poverty, fleeing from warfare, living under dictatorships, chronic illness, among other severe problems.
In the case of a fee exemption policy, for instance, the result can be expected to be greater in regions with relatively high poverty levels compared to low poverty regions, assuming other barriers are similar.
ED/HA ratios were also slightly higher for visits made by patients residing in poverty area compared to non-poverty area ZIP codes for all outcomes (Table 1), indicating slightly higher representation of people from poverty areas among ED visits than among HAs.
Table 3 shows that 56% of the Ghanaian population was vulnerable to poverty compared to the observed poverty level of about 29%.
The plot of the film has remained a mystery, but -- as Damon explains -- it centers on a space station called Elysium, a utopia compared to the poverty stricken Earth it floats above.
This study found a higher risk of late-stage disease in rectal and distal colonic cancer patients living in high-poverty counties as compared to low-poverty counties, and no social gradient in proximal colonic cancer patients.
Socioeconomic status was represented as a "poverty income ratio," a measure of income relative to family size and compared to the federal poverty threshold (categorical, percentage of poverty threshold: < 100, 100 199, 200 299, 300 399, 400 499, > 500).
Poverty estimates are based on family consumption per capita compared to official regional poverty lines.
The institute found that the poorer the neighborhood, the higher the risk for problem gambling: It was twice as likely in neighborhoods with the highest levels of concentrated poverty compared to neighborhoods with the lowest poverty levels.
Funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada's Innovation Strategy, ANC recognizes the unequal distribution of both power and public realm investment between communities with high or medium incomes, compared to those experiencing poverty and a higher burden of chronic illness.
