Lower premium rate.

Impact of abortion on lower fertility rate.

The lower implementation rate during 2004 was attributable to a combination of factors.

They had a lower rate of school dropouts and a better academic performance than men.

The recidivist rate for a sex offender who only occasionally abuses children is much lower.

The answer depends on two key variables the discount rate and future earnings growth. A lower discount rate and or a higher rate of expected earnings growth would justify higher equity valuations.

(3)the commitments to grant loans at an interest rate which is lower than the market interest rate.

The interest rate would be much lower than the bank rate and it would be repaid after graduation.

In cases where imported goods, to which contractual tariff rate or preferential tariff rate is applicable are subject to temporary rate, the lower tariff rate shall apply.

Because the loan amount and loan term were maximums, the Organization could choose a lower amount, a shorter term (resulting in a lower interest rate) or a different disbursement schedule.

This is attributable to the lower rate of increase in real GDP.

Repatriation of contingent owned vehicles and lower average rate of fuel consumption

As expected, the rate of reported convictions, which varied significantly, was lower than the rate of reported investigations or prosecutions.

(b) The drop out rate is considerably lower for girls than for boys.

Its lower delivery rate, therefore, reflects the changes in the assumptions about programming.

In very exceptional cases, where the amount of administrative services is limited, a lower rate is agreed to.

118. Retirement figures have remained lower than that which can be expected to be a quot normal quot turnover rate.

19. Staff assessment Posts replaced by lower level staff and 10 per cent vacancy rate.

The reduced requirements were due mainly to lower expenditures for mission subsistence allowance, which resulted from a lower average euro United States dollar exchange rate during the period than estimated for calculating costs and from a vacancy rate of 2.9 per cent whereas the cost estimates assumed no vacancies.

Excluding China, there was a general slowdown in growth of service imports by developing countries, mirroring a lower growth rate in their exports.

Employment among older persons (age 60 or over) has shown a steady increase During the last decade it has been rising at an average annual rate of 3.3 a rate only slightly lower than that the rate of growth of the employed adult population (3.5 ).

This is an even lower response rate than that obtained for the fifth and sixth quinquennial surveys.

It was also a matter of concern that the collection rate of assessed contributions for 2005 was lower than in 2004 and 2003.

333. The rate of illiteracy applies to 18.3 per cent of all women and a much lower proportion 7.1 per cent of men.

From 1990 to 1995, the world economy had grown at a lower rate than during the 1980s, owing mainly to the developed countries.

The basic finding is that the contraceptive prevalence rate is lower among rural women compared to urban women.

Traveller (nomadic) women had a higher mortality rate, lower life expectancy and stillbirth and infant mortality rates nearly triple those of the population as a whole.

The lower requirements were mainly attributable to the actual vacancy rate of 17.3 per cent over the financial period, whereas no vacancy rate was assumed in the budget.

This is a very high rate, but it should not be directly compared with the much lower rates estimated for Namibia by earlier surveys.

In addition, a changing demographic structure has created more single person households and one child families as a result of our lower birth rate and ageing population.

Oh, that's good. A little lower now. A little lower.

The rate of access of rural women to the land is still lower in the Program Ballot of the Land.

Noting the lower implementation rate of the regular budget, he stressed the importance of efficient use of the Organization's resources.

Using RMB appreciation as the primary tool to fight inflation implies accepting a temporarily higher unemployment rate now in exchange for a permanently lower unemployment rate in the future. This is because manufactured exports are typically more labor intensive than investment projects.

The overall CPI is actually slightly lower now than it was a year ago, implying a negative inflation rate. A major reason is the decline in gasoline and other energy prices.

The decrease in common staff costs is also partly due to the realized costs, which are lower than the budgeted rate.

With respect to the reduced requirement under common staff costs, the realized costs reflect lower than budgeted common staff costs rate.

That partnership raised the rate of return on development investments, making more resources available at lower cost and promoting global integration.

However, taking into account past experience, the requirements for death and disability compensation for UNDOF are lower than the standard rate.

However, taking into account past experience, the requirements for death and disability compensation for UNFICYP are lower than the standard rate.

Cumulative growth rate of fixed asset investment in December is forecast to be at 7.2 , unchanged from the previous month, but lower than that a year ago.

What demographers call the Total Fertility Rate is the average number of live births per woman over her lifetime. In the long run, a population is said to be stable if the TFR is at the replacement rate, which is a little above 2.3 for the world as a whole, and somewhat lower, at 2.1, for developed countries, reflecting their lower infant mortality rates.

It will be noted that in comparison with the 1989 90 school year the drop out rate is declining, especially among girls, and that the rate is lower for girls than for boys.

No less important are sex education programmes, aimed at reducing the number of teen pregnancies and at bringing the Nicaraguan people, especially young people, to a point where the demographic growth rate is lower than the rate of economic growth.

At 13.0 per cent the unemployment rate of this age group is on the one hand lower than the overall unemployment rate in the new Länder but on the other hand, it is markedly higher than the relevant rate in the old Länder.