Sentences with phrase «adult population»

The Fraud Research Center estimates that Americans lose $ 40 - $ 50 Billion dollars to fraud every single year, and up to 17 % of the adult population falls victim to some form of financial fraud in a given year.

Only 7 % of current borrowers have at least $ 100,000 in outstanding debt, which corresponds to 1 % of the adult population.

According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, just twenty - nine percent of the adult population of this town were smokers in 2001, but that doesn't change the fact that RJR is a large part of the city's history and economy.

The results of that survey found that 62 % of pre-retirees (those aged 50 and over) and 72 % of the general adult population failed — i.e., scored six or fewer correct answers out of 10.

Digital newspaper paper readers are 49 % more likely than the general adult population to be a college graduate and 43 % more likely to have household incomes over $ 100,000.

And I have noticed — just in passing — that every state and national lawmaking body in this country is and, for more than two hundred years, has been dominated by one gender, though that gender is a minority in our adult population.

Recent studies reveal that approximately 70 percent of the adult population in the United States owns a smartphone.

In a country where only 25 % of the adult population is reported to work full - time and the average household income is $ 4,500.00 per year, access to devices and mobile connection services may be limited.

Rolling out first in the Los Angeles Public Library System in California, this program will hopefully reach a citywide population that has one of the highest dropout rates in the country, with the US Census Bureau reporting that nearly 25 % of the adult population of Los Angeles does not have a high school diploma.

I love what you are doing for the young adult population.

Estimates have it that more than 63 % of the adult population has severely distressed credit below 600 into the low 400s and the non-financeable levels.

The task of addressing the limitations in civics education will not be easy because the scores, in part, reflect the cynicism and lack of political efficacy among our adult population.

«But then more importantly, how do you rally the rest of the adult population to the extent that they will support planning for infrastructure, and finally paying for infrastructure, where they will believe it will benefit them?

The Utah State Board of Education adopted a resolution supporting the Preparation, Access, Completion, and Economic Success (PACE) metrics for Utah students that lead toward a goal of having 66 percent of Utah's adult population hold a post-secondary degree or certificate by the year 2020.

The theme of this year's conference was «Cultivating Tomorrow's Talent» and emphasized the role talent development plays in reaching 60 percent of Michigan's adult population having a college degree or certificate by year 2025 and advocating for better initiatives and programs to support all students as they pursue postsecondary education.

As a result, America's longstanding international advantage in the share of its adult population with college degrees, while still sizable, shows signs of eroding (see Figure 3).

(Non-Christians comprise 32 % of the adult population in this survey, including 26 % with no religious affiliation and 6 % with a different religious identity.)

Nevertheless, in 1999, some surveys showed that two thirds of the adult population had not reached a level similar to Grade 2 certification.

These weights ensure that the observed demographic characteristics of the final sample match the known characteristics of the national adult population.

Ten years ago we launched the first annual Education Next survey of a representative sample of the American adult population, and it has blossomed into an institution in its own right.

Roughly two - thirds of the adult population support replacing teachers and / or principals at persistently failing schools, and only one in ten opposes such options.

The nationwide ratio in 2004 was 0.53, which means that only a little more than half as many minority adults were teachers as one would expect, given the minority composition of the adult population.

In 2004, only 14.1 percent of the nation's teachers were African American or Hispanic, even though these ethnic groups comprised 26.5 percent of the adult population.

Some of the basis for my thinking is that higher education, which is largely an adult population with an average age closer to 27, has been active in online learning since the early 1990s.

In the training area we also have other projects such as INAV, which is the first online secondary education center for adults, with an integrated training program which allows to take the second cycle of secondary education in a single academic year and it is designed for the adult population.

For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.

In order to be sure, a survey would need to be given to a specific sample drawn to be representative of the state's adult population, not one that includes Californians but is drawn to be representative of the U. S. adult population.

The beneficiaries include both the children whose lives are enhanced and the society that will reap the fruits of a healthier and more productive adult population.

In 2005, approximately 5.5 million people (18.8 percent of the total adult population) in South Africa were living with HIV / AIDS, according to the 2006 UNAIDS Report.

The data come from the 2013 Education Next Survey, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of over 5,000 members of the adult population including oversamples of teachers, parents, African Americans and Hispanics.

Both survey nationally representative samples of the U. S. adult population.

Half the adult population of the UK say they feel healthier with a tan, according to a recent survey.

Women continue to make up almost two - thirds of the illiterate adult population.

A brief, bloody prelude introduces us to a town in which the entire adult population has been brutally murdered and a «Lord of the Flies» - style community of children rules.

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data singles now make up the majority of the adult population in the United States..

Since 45 % of all Americans are app users, that means that 3 % of the overall adult population has used a cell phone dating app at one point or another.10 Similarly, 6 % of smartphone owners have used a mobile dating app.

In 2008 just 3 % of all Americans said that they had used an online dating site; by 2009 that figure had risen to 6 % of all Americans, and today 9 % of the adult population has used an online dating site.

In recent years, online matchmaking has become a billion - dollar business, with one study showing 30 percent of the adult population using some form of online dating.

Taken together, this represents a very substantial 15 % of the American adult population who said they have used an online dating site — compared to 11 % in 2013.

It's pretty safe to wager that most of the world's adult population has at some point gone head over heels and experienced what falling in love with someone is like.

That group represents 7 % of the entire adult population.

That amounts to 7 % of the adult population.

That amounts to 7 % of the adult population and 7 % of internet users.

If you are the.1 % of the adult population who has never felt you've given off the wrong impression and you've got this dating thing all figure out, stop reading!

SF CHRONICLE — Dec 17 — About half of the online adult population have looked themselves up, or someone else online, according to a survey published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Despite 44 % of London's adult population being single the city's constant fast pace can make it difficult to meet like - minded London singles.

More than half the U.S. adult population is single, and many are baby boomers and Gen Xers looking to find love after a break - up or divorce, or want to get married for the first time.

They are also more interested in finding someone who is compatible rather than looking for one - night stands, commonly observed in the younger adult population.

He divided the adult population into three distinct categories: the «married,» the «celibate,» and the «widowed».

The unmarried adult population is projected to reach 106 million by 2010.