Sentences with phrase «cent of children said»

When asked to describe their mood in the run up to their tests, 59 per cent of children said that they were «nervous», 39 per cent «worried», 27 per cent «stressed», 17 per cent «sad and moody», while 16 per cent of the children asked said that it was «affecting their sleep».

When we talked to the children we found that most of them were annoyed by the noise from other children sharing the area, and 50 to 70 per cent of these children said that they couldn't hear their teacher very well, or at all, when the other classes were doing group work.

Outside the classroom, 44 per cent of children said that being a plumber, builder or electrician was «for boys», while just five per cent said this is was a job «for girls».

The levels of worry were highest (over 30 per cent of children saying that they «always» worried) in Israel, Colombia, Spain and Nepal.

The report also found, of those children sampled, only 44 per cent of children say that they have an opportunity to read independently in school or in a class at school, and far fewer (I think it was 16 per cent) were given the chance to do this every day or almost every school day.

Not exact matches

«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.»

It's no surprise that parents of young children, says Statistics Canada, now carry debt worth 180 per cent of their after - tax income, well above the already - elevated national average of 161 per cent.

She also says that a random survey of women in Los Angeles in 1986 found that sixty - two per cent had been sexually abused as children.20 The churches have to challenge this abuse and the culture that underlies it.

He said: «It's encouraging that clergy are among the five most trusted groups especially as most children don't see much of them with just 2 per cent of people going to church on a Sunday.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

The children's charity also found that although eight out of ten parents in a YouGov poll said that they knew what to say to their child to keep them safe online, only 28 per cent had actually mentioned privacy settings to them and just 20 per cent discussed location settings.

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

She handed me a $ 20 bill (way more than the 10 cents or so each child had been assessed) and said she was going to put the boxes of toys in her car right then so she wouldn't accidently leave them at my house.

The Lullaby Trust «s Judith Howard has been advising and helping parents who have lost children to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) for several years and has said: «Ninety per cent of sudden infant deaths happen in the first six months and we're now finding that when you get a death in the first month of life, it's nearly always because the baby has been co-sleeping or bed - sharing with a parent.

It's the only anxiety disorder exclusive to childhood and the prevalence rate is about 4 per cent for school - aged children and 1.3 per cent of teens, Dr. Mendlowitz says.

Mrs. Alarbi said studies showed that for babies born to HIV - infected mothers, the use of niverapine drug combined with baby formulas to prevent mother - to - child transmission, could reduce child mortality to only two per cent of under - five mortality and morbidity while the use of insecticide - treated bed nets could reduce it by six per cent.

Eruviel Avila, governor of the State of Mexico, said some children had suffered burns to more than 90 per cent of their bodies and they were being sent to the United States city of Galveston, Texas, for specialised treatment.

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.

Personally, it is heart - warming when a parent runs up to you and says «thank you» for putting money in herpurse, because she did not have to pay Gh cents 2,000.00 for her two children in SHS; or whenan excited teacher traineeshows you the text message notification of her allowance received.

Noting that the attacks by armed herdsmen predated the current administration, the governor said the recent attacks had displaced 170,000 people with children of school age constituting 60 per cent.

While stating that there were over 110,000 displaced persons in the seven designated camps in Benue State, the governor said, «Children between ages four and eight constituted 70 per cent of the population and the conditions we saw them in are not palatable.»

Thirty - six per cent of children in the camp say they've been physically abused by citizens and 25.2 % say they've been verbally abused.

Of these, 87 per cent say they are having difficulties recruiting the frontline staff who protect vulnerable children

About 37 per cent of respondents aged 16 to 24 said they would prefer to send their children to an Islamic school, compared to 25 per cent of 45 to 54 - year - olds and 19 per cent of the over 55s.

I say to them, would you ask your children to live in a house which 90 per cent of the experts told you was going to burn down?»

«The IFS [Institute for Fiscal Studies] has said the marriage tax break will help just 28 per cent of married couples and only 15 per cent of families with children.

«We will continue to earmark 7.5 per cent of all VAT receipts to finance educational infrastructure and other expenditure, including targeted girl - child educational programmes,» Mr Terkper said.

She said the national prevalence rate of harmful traditional practices such as child marriage was 27 per cent, as one in four women, aged between 20 and 49, were married before age 18 in 2011, with the national prevalence rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) being four per cent, according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of 2011.

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.

Many of the children said that, in the last month, they had been left out by classmates (41 per cent) and that they had been hit by other children at school (48 per cent).

«In Canada, more than 30 per cent of children are overweight or obese,» says Dr. Heather Manson, chief of health promotion, chronic disease and injury prevention at PHO.

He said that while that may sound like a lot of hand waving, 25 per cent of children with autism have a seizure disorder.

The standards will help avoid up to 2,000 premature deaths per year and 50,000 cases of respiratory ailments in children while adding only an average of 1 cent per gallon to the cost of gasoline, the EPA says

The majority of all parents said they helped their children learn how to safely use social media — the split was 52 per cent for those with children in the early years, 71 per cent for primary and 81 per cent for secondary.

Nearly one in ten (nine per cent) said they were unable to allow their child to participate in an educational trip or visit in the last year due to the cost and 17 per cent said their child was unable to participate in non-curriculum related trips such as residential, foreign or end of term excursions due to cost.

According to research published by children's mental health charity Place2B, in partnership with union NAHT, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), 34 per cent of counsellors and psychotherapists who work with children and young people said it was difficult to provide their services to schools.

In the ASG survey, 84 per cent of parents said they felt their child's school values their involvement in their child's learning and 83 per cent attend parent - teacher interviews and consultations.

Similarly, the counsellors and psychotherapists currently working in schools said that common difficulties faced were «schools» understanding of counselling and psychotherapy for children» (57 per cent), followed by «expectations not being clear» (30 per cent).

90 per cent of children also said the BBC micro: bit taught them that anyone can code and 88 per cent said it showed them coding is not as difficult as they thought it would be.

In PTA UK's summer 2015 Parent Insights Survey, 85 per cent of those parents surveyed stated they want a say in education with 79 per cent wanting to actively support their child's school.

In affluent areas, 14 per cent of teachers said that a scientist was something the children aspired to be whereas this was only seven per cent in poorer areas.

In addition, the poll found that one in ten said they were required by their child's school to purchase computer equipment such as a tablet or laptop, and seven per cent said that the cost of equipment affected what subjects their child chose to study.

Habits by Outdoor Activity Workers A recent national sun protection survey by the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund, investigating sun protection habits in the UK, reveals that a quarter of those who work outdoors with children admit to a child having sunburn whilst in their care, and a worrying 40 per cent say children still turn up to outdoor sessions without any sun protection whatsoever.

Other 2015 State of Our Schools Survey findings included: - 79 per cent of principals surveyed said they did not have enough funding for the needs of children with disability at their school.

Many become quickly oversubscribed despite not having the usual track record and, in a poll conducted for New Schools Network by Populus, 73 per cent of parents said they would consider sending their child to a new school.

96 per cent of respondents said that there aren't enough child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and three out of four believed it was now harder to access therapeutic services than five years ago.

Roy Perry, chairman of the children and young people board at the Local Government Association, said ranking councils by school results «disguises the fact that over 60 per cent of secondary schools are now academies, leaving councils powerless to intervene early and build an improvement programme».

Annabel Karmel MBE, leading children's food expert and well - regarded parenting author, said: «With almost 20 per cent of children deemed obese by the time they leave primary school at age 11, healthy eating must become commonplace in the daily school routine.

In the survey of National Education Union teachers, 65 per cent said that children are aware which group they are in, and 45 per cent said ability grouping damages some children's self - esteem.

Steve Double, MP for St Austell and Newquay, said: «Only eight per cent of school absenteeism is down to family holidays, and when you look at the attainment of those children, there is no drop - off on attainment.