Definition of QUINTILE

Breaking Down the Meaning of Quintile

Many people have a deep interest in statistics about themselves, whether the information provided is about income, ice-cream consumption, or trash production. And any such rating can be divided into fifths, or quintiles. The fifth or lowest quintile would include the 20 percent of the population who make the least money or eat the least ice cream or generate the least trash, and the first quintile would include the 20 percent who make, eat, or generate the most.

Examples of quintile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to the United States Census Bureau, average household income in the U.S., adjusted for inflation, was higher in 2019 than has ever been recorded for every income quintile. — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, "American Life Has Gotten More Comfortable, But Less Happy," 22 Oct. 2020 His actual proposal would raise $3.8 trillion in new individual and business taxes and result in a tax hike, on average, for taxpayers in every income quintile. — The Editors, National Review, "The Democratic Convention Skipped over the Biden–Harris Agenda," 21 Aug. 2020 The pattern broke down slightly in the top quintile, with hours worked rising about 4 percent up to the 95th percentile and a bit faster (nearly 7 percent) for the top 5 percent. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, "The Good Life Was Stolen," 16 Sep. 2020 Arguably the worst impacts of the welfare state arise from the systematic exclusion of the least-skilled quintile of working-age people from the workforce. — Mario Loyola, National Review, "The New Segregationists," 20 Aug. 2020 Even through mid-May, as state economies began to re-open, employment among bottom-quintile workers was down by about 30% from February, the researchers write. — Craig Torres, Bloomberg.com, "Jobs Hit Is Four Times Worse for Low-Paid Workers, Fed Analysts Say," 27 June 2020 Put another way: the lost income would be a more significant problem for those in three lowest income quintiles. — Robert Powell, USA TODAY, "How to plan for a smaller Social Security check," 4 June 2020 And valuations for strong balance sheet stocks compared to weak balance sheet stocks now rank in the top quintile in Goldman's data. — WSJ, "Markets Now: Live Markets Coverage as It Happens," 11 Feb. 2019 Just 14 percent of the richest quintile of older households were in a similar predicament, with over 50 percent of that group possessing retirement savings of $500,000 or more. — Washington Post, "Poor and middle-class Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s than the wealthy, federal report says," 10 Sep. 2019

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