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Out of ten key types of historic buildings, 34 per cent of adults said castles should be protected for future generations, while 24 per cent believed the same should be said regarding cathedrals and churches.

Not exact matches

The CRTC found 29 per cent of English - speaking Canadian adults said they used Netflix for streaming in 2013, up from 21 per cent in 2012.

When young adults do ask parents for their two cents on saving, they often do so with a heavy dose of skepticism, says Lisa Szykman, associate professor at William & Mary School of Business, who has run focus - group research exploring young adults» personal finance behavior.

«Rather than waiting until after your death to leave the company to your adult child — who might have to pay 55 cents in tax on every $ 1 of its value — you want to start transferring a minority stake now, let's say 30 % of the stock.»

The poll by Angus Reid Institute, conducted this week among 2,125 Canadian adults, found that 55 per cent of respondents said they support the project, up from 49 per cent in February.

Working for themselves is also top of mind for many millennials with 74 per cent saying they thought of owning their own business, 11 percentage points higher than the average Canadian adult.

Citing figures by the Financial Conduct Authority which show 40 per cent of UK adults have less than # 100 in savings, Just Finance says problems with managing finance are becoming «a mainstream issue».

Co-op Funeralcare said there is a growing trend towards celebration with 66 per cent of adults believing funerals are more about celebrating life.

Humanitarian charity Christian Aid has urged the government to crack down on tax avoidance after a new poll found 89 per cent of British adults say tax avoidance by large companies is morally wrong even if it's legal.

A new survey has found that 51 per cent of adults in the UK say they pray, and a fifth of them are not... More

Fifty - two per cent of U.S. adults said taste was the No. 1 reason they opt for plant - based proteins, outranking health at 39 %, environmental protection at 13 %, animal welfare at 11 % and diet concerns at 10 %.

More than half of adults from the West of England (53 per cent) say that they agree that the new metro mayor should have greater powers than local council leaders.

He said land for the school was available, and that the citizens would provide communal labour for the project, whilst self - help contributions between GH cents 20.00 and GH cents 50.00 would be made by adults and non-residents of the town respectively.

In a survey of more than 2,000 adults, 79 per cent of Labour supporters said they wanted the policy scrapped, while 65 per cent of voters planning to support the Liberal Democrats in 2015 wanted it to be dropped.

The report says 93 per cent of adults have eaten unprocessed meat in the three months to August 2017.

The Home Office says cocaine is the only drug which has risen in use since 1998 and although cocaine use has been stable since 2000 - fewer than five per cent of adults have used the Class A drug in the last year - the government says it is determined to strengthen efforts against it.

When the sample of 1,405 Scottish adults was asked who of the two men would make the «better» First Minister, 41 per cent replied Salmond, 24 per cent said Gray and 35 per cent said they did not know.

Nearly 30 per cent of adults in the UK say evolution can't explain the origin of humans.

It is well established that cold - blooded species get smaller as the climate heats up, says Andrew Hirst of Queen Mary, University of London — 1 °C of warming reduces their adult body mass by 2.5 per cent on average.

Overall middle - aged participants were more likely to say they were in a period of crisis (24 per cent) compared to younger adults (22 per cent) and older adults (14 per cent).

If more than 1 per cent of the adult population — that is, eight of the 800 animals remaining — is removed per year, the species will go extinct, Meijaard says.

And of the older adults who took part, 95 per cent surveyed said their view of young people had improved as a result of the challenge.

The results also show that nearly a fifth (19 %) of adults felt pushed towards going to university, while just two per cent said they were pushed towards an apprenticeship.

Similarly only 61 per cent of respondents thought that grammar schools achieved the aim of producing children who are «confident and self - assured adults», only slightly more than the 58 per cent who said this about the secondary moderns.

Meanwhile in the USA, the Association of American Publishers said that 31 % of all adult trade sales in February, up from 27 per cent in the same period a year ago, with their share of the children's and young adult market jumping from 10 % to 16 % in a year.

Some statistics say that almost one - third of all kittens under three months old have roundworm, and about 10 per cent of all adult felines have it.

The ABS said the proportion of adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke dropped significantly from 55 per cent to 45 per cent, a fall of 22 per cent, over 20 years to 2014 — 15.

While the vast majority of adults and teenagers surveyed reported that their screens and social media accounts were a positive part of their lives, the study also found that an alarming 15 per cent of teenagers reported being approached by strangers on a daily basis through their online world, while 28.7 per cent said that they had been bullied on social media in the last 12 months.

The survey of 2,000 adults, both men and women, found a staggering 46 per cent say they've splashed out on shoes they've never even worn.

Almost two - thirds — that's 61 per cent — of people in the UK are feeling fatigued from routinely sleeping badly, with UK adults missing out on at least an hour every night, on average, says Ikea.