Sentence examples for disadvantaged segment from inspiring English sources

Early theories by Lewis (1954) and Fields (1975) suggest that the informal sector is the disadvantaged segment of a dual labour market in which workers are not protected by social security regulations and are in weak bargaining positions with their employers.

The study findings suggest that even within a slum population the economically most disadvantaged segment of the population is at highest risk for diseases of poverty such as enteric fever.

Victims of sex trafficking disproportionately come from disadvantaged segments of Indian society.

Harcourt also criticized the broken windows theory for fostering "zero-tolerance" policies that are prejudicial against the disadvantaged segments of society.

Yet social legislation has done much to alleviate the disabilities previously suffered by formerly "untouchable" castes, tribal populations, women, and other traditionally disadvantaged segments of society.

This study suggests that in order to increase physical activity participation in the more disadvantaged segments of the population, comprehensive, multilevel interventions targeting activity-related attitudes and skills as well as social and physical environments are needed.

Over the past decade, a number of different, diverse value chains have been established in the urban areas of developed and developing countries alike, with increasing convergence in their motivations related to food security and livelihoods development, particularly for poor and disadvantaged segments of society.

Relying on macro-level data on economic and education indicators of Turkey, this chapter aims to document structural characteristics of higher education in Turkey and depict the underlying policy issues limiting access into tertiary education among disadvantaged segments of the society.

But the effects of the rise of mass incarceration on the most disadvantaged segments of the black community have been especially devastating; in the 1975 to 1979 cohort, 68percentt of those who had dropped out of high school served time in prison or jail by the age of 30 to 34.

Moreover, women from disadvantaged segments of society are in double jeopardy since they find themselves even more disadvantaged within a disadvantaged population they will be the poorest among the poor and the least educated among the inadequately educated.

However, progress among women belonging to economically disadvantaged segments of the populations has been slow.