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She does not dismiss the 25 per cent of children from divorced families who have serious emotional or social problems (compared with 10 per cent from intact families).

It found that just 24 per cent of children eligible for free school meals attend higher education compared to 42 per cent of children from more privileged backgrounds.

The figures show only 54 per cent of children from disadvantaged families reach a good level of development, compared with 72 per cent of the age group overall.

For example, 43 per cent of Indigenous children are identified as developmentally vulnerable compared with 21 per cent of non-Indigenous children, and 28 per cent of children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are identified as developmentally vulnerable compared with only 8 per cent of children from high socioeconomic backgrounds.

Not exact matches

In other words take from all families with children and give to 15 per cent of high - income families with children.

From 1982 to 1985 the Reagan administration cut nearly 30 per cent of the budget for school nutrition programs, the Child Care food program and the Summer Food Program.

More than 80 per cent of children who experience long - term poverty come from broken or unmarried families.

53 children in the US have died from the flu as of the end of January and 80 per cent of those children hadn't had a flu jab according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Of these, roughly 5,000 were committed by a stranger during the commission of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etcOf these, roughly 5,000 were committed by a stranger during the commission of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etcof a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etc..

A Premier News Hour poll found 67 per cent of listeners would not stop their child from visiting a mosque for a school trip.

He added: «Religious and non-religious people alike recognise that both children and society are best served when people from a range of different backgrounds are brought together to learn with and from one another, and that is exactly what the 50 per cent cap sought to achieve.»

The study found that the children were 33 per cent more likely to abstain from sexual activity over a two - year period than children who attended interventions stressing the importance of safesex or of maintaining good health generally.

Speaking during News Hour he said: «Last year we placed about 17 per cent of our children which were from different ethnic backgrounds.

It breaks the Chinese organic consumer into eight main groups: white collar families (40 per cent of the market), families with young children, families with health issues, overseas returnees, business people from Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong (China), government officials, young people and foreigners living in China.

For children under 18 just 1.9 per cent of the daily intake of kilojoules comes from soft drinks ¹.

In Australia only 1.9 per cent of the daily intake of kilojoules for children under 18 comes from soft drinks [1].

The football comes secondary to the cause, of course, with 90 per cent of the proceeds from the match going to the club's official charity — the LFC Foundation — to support its programmes and partnerships, which aim to create life - changing opportunities for children and young people.

To date, over 1.1 million children have benefited from this program, and 100 per cent of the donations remain in the communities where they are donated.

Although fats do not need to be restricted for infants, KidsHealth.org recommends that by the age of two, children should get only 30 to 35 per cent of their daily calories from fat.

After comparing the de novo mutations in these children with the genomes of close to 2000 healthy Icelanders, the researchers concluded that around 97 per cent of these mutations came from the fathers.

The company is committed to the health and safety of children and babies, with feeding products made from 100 per cent food grade silicone (and free of nasties like BPA, PVC and phthalates), and toys made with 100 per cent organic cotton.

While breastfeeding rates are no longer declining at the global level, with many countries experiencing significant increases in the last decade, only 39 per cent of children less than six months of age in the developing world are exclusively breastfed and just 58 per cent of 20 - 23 month olds benefit from the practice of continued breastfeeding.

Only 13 per cent of breastfed children had suffered from diarrhoea.

In Sweden and Hungary, the two most industrialized of the nine countries, only 7 per cent and 3 per cent respectively of the mothers studied had never breastfed their youngest child, a marked improvement from 25 years ago.

With just seven per cent of gifted and talent pupils receiving free school meals, the Liberal Democrats point out children from low income families are half as likely to be identified as gifted.

Starting from today lone parents whose children are aged 12 or over will be forced to actively seek work for a minimum of 16 hours per week or risk losing 40 per cent of their benefit.

Eighty per cent of parents said they were confident or very confident they would be able to protect their children from explicit images online, the NAHT survey found.

Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop - out rates by 42 per cent in just a year.

The inquiry, published today, followed figures released last night by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which confirmed that 41,300 children were temporarily excluded from primary schools in 2007 - a rise of 10 per cent sinChildren, Schools and Families, which confirmed that 41,300 children were temporarily excluded from primary schools in 2007 - a rise of 10 per cent sinchildren were temporarily excluded from primary schools in 2007 - a rise of 10 per cent since 2004.

3,050 looked after children were adopted during the year ending 31 March 2011, a decrease of 5 per cent from 2010 and a decrease of 8 per cent since 2007.

There were 65,520 looked after children at 31 March 2011, an increase of 2 per cent from 2010 and an increase of 9 per cent since 2007.

«Half of all children killed or seriously injured on the roads in England come from deprived areas and this is reflected in the fact that 90 per cent of those killed globally are from low and middle income countries.»

Scottish education secretary Fiona Hyslop announced today pilot schemes involving 35,000 children aged between five and seven years had been a success, increasing overall uptake of meals from 53 per cent to 75 per cent.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Cholera vaccines have had limited success: in 2000, a promising vaccine made from live, weakened cholera bacteria protected 80 per cent of the North American or European adults who took it, but a much smaller proportion of Indonesians, with protection levels especially low in children.

Over two billion people, or 30 per cent of the world's population, suffer from iron deficiency with symptoms ranging from poor mental development in children to depressed immune function and anemia.

In order to evaluate the potential long - term impact of federally recommended policies, investigators used a set of criteria to select three policies to reduce childhood obesity from among 26 recommended policies: afterschool physical activity programs, a one cent per ounce excise tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs), and a ban on child - directed fast food television advertising.

«Approximately 10 - 15 per cent of primary school children suffer from developmental reading and spelling difficulties.

For Darwin's own children, the coefficient was 0.063, meaning that 6.3 per cent of his children's genes inherited from both father and mother were identical.

At first glance, it appears that we have almost won this particular health battle, with the proportion of the world's children receiving routine vaccinations climbing steadily from 73 per cent a decade ago to about 83 per cent today.

Professor Alastair Lewis, from York's Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, said: «Over 40 per cent of children have at least one smoking parent and whereas there is a general public awareness about the harms of second hand smoke, there is little knowledge about the dangers of third hand smoke.

In the US, the drug is expected to reduce the percentage of infected children born to these women from more than 14 per cent to 7 per cent.

A world in which ectogenesis — the artificial development and «birth» of human embryos outside the womb — is the norm, «and less than 30 per cent of children are... born of woman», a world of ectogenetic parents selected to improve the quality of the gene pool, advancing each generation in any desired respect «from the increased output of first - class music to... decreased convictions for theft».

Of the 8000 children born to these veterans, the proportion with defects rose from 1.1 per cent born to veterans with no known exposure, to 1.9 per cent for light exposure, 2.2 per cent for moderate exposure and 5.1 per cent for high exposure.

«Up to 60 per cent of women will start their pregnancy overweight, many women are having children at an older age, and most people have a family member with Type 2 diabetes, so traditional risk factors are starting to apply to more and more people, which prevent us from properly identifying those at a high risk.»

However, the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics points out that just 0.1 per cent of the child's DNA would come from the donor.

According to figures from the Office of National Statistics, 10 per cent of children in Great Britain aged between 5 and 16 have a mental health problem, with 4 per cent of children suffering from an emotional disorder such as depression.

When Cindy is summoned to have her body digitized at the centre of operations (an arresting sequence, and not just because Dey doffs in her clothes in what has become a ritualized act of rebellion for former child stars), Dr. Larry tags along and gets a fifty - cent tour of the facilities from evil R&D head Jennifer Long (Leigh Taylor - Young, still lovely, still Spock - browed).

Drawing from a sample of 1,450 parents, half of all respondents answered that they'd like to see photographs and videos on their child's school website, and 38 per cent wanted to see more pupil content.»

According to statistics from Play England, while 71 per cent of parents played outside their homes when they were children, only 21 per cent of their children are allowed that independence.