low-income

American  

[loh-in-kuhm] / ˈloʊˈɪn kʌm /

adjective

1. of or relating to those with a relatively small income.

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Example Sentences

The expansion of college enrolment gave many low-income and rural families an opportunity to send their children to college for the first time.

From BBC

This, along with growing inequality in Chinese society, places a heavy burden on low-income families, he added, which has made people "increasingly view education as the last channel for families and individuals to achieve social mobility".

From BBC

Higher energy prices tend to disproportionately hurt low-income people and siphon some of their spending from other areas.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 56% percent of parents in the program are borrowing on behalf of students who would qualify for a Pell grant, the money the government provides to low-income students to pay for college, according to the Brookings Institution, a think tank.

From MarketWatch

It wasn't immediately clear what the payout trigger would be, but the Insurance Development Forum -- a body affiliated with the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank Group -- said the insurance was "a major milestone" in a state where 80 percent of households are low-income and "insurance penetration is below 0.5 percent".

From Barron's