Sentences with phrase «cent of girls»

This is revealed by the fact that 19 per cent of boys regularly staying out late have behaviour problems and 26 per cent of girls in this group score highly for hyperactivity.

These figures compare with 16 per cent of boys and 9 per cent of girls from better off homes who similarly fall behind by age 16.

According to him, over 50 per cent of girls between the age bracket of 18 and 20 were given out in marriage in this part of the country.

However, 50 per cent of girls aged between seven and 11 found these subjects to be fun.

In addition, it noted that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives, compared to 60 per cent of boys.

Writing is the subject with the largest difference in attainment — 75 per cent of girls reached the expected standard in 2017 compared to 62 per cent of boys.

Six per cent of girls were forbidden from being vaccinated by their parents.

Official guidelines recommend that children spend an hour a day being physically active — yet only 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls achieve this.The assessments contained basic fitness tests in stamina, agility, coordination and cardiovascular endurance, which provide a good indication of physical literacy.

The report we put out last week, with UK Feminista, shows how urgent this is because sexual harassment of girls is widespread, with 37 per cent of girls in mixed - sex schools having been sexually harassed at school.

Additionally, a BBC Learning and Discovery Research report found that 39 per cent of girls who used the BBC micro: bit said they will now choose ICT / computer science as a subject option in the future, compared to just 23 per cent before trying out the micro: bit.

About six per cent of girls became pregnant or contracted an STI between Grades 10 and 12, with 10,187 pregnancies and 6,259 cases of non-HPV-related sexually transmitted infections.

Nearly 80 per cent of girls questioned said that being vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) reminded them of the risks of sexual contact.

Last year, nearly 46 per cent of girls gained five or more passes at the top grades (A to C) in the GCSE examinations taken at 16, while fewer than 37 per cent of boys reached the same standard.

Walding gave one example where more than 55 per cent of boys solved a problem that only 30 per cent of girls completed successfully.

The study showed that 36 per cent of bright but disadvantaged boys seriously underachieve at age 16, and 24 per cent of girls getting disappointing GCSE results.

The report drew on data from more than 3,000 young people that have been tracked through school from the age of three and found that in Year 9 (age 13/14) 65 per cent of girls thought it was important to go to university, compared to 55 per cent of boys.

The National Literacy Trust also found a significant gender gap, with 51.9 per cent of girls enjoying writing, compared to 36.8 per cent of boys.

It cites figures showing just 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls met recommended guidelines for moderate exercise per day and that British children born today were on course to be 35 per cent less active by 2035.

Pressure of school work and low confidence were found to be much bigger barriers to taking part in physical activity for girls than boys (24 per cent of girls compared to 13 per cent of boys).

Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

The gender gap also narrowed slightly with 73.1 per cent of girls achieving at least a C grade, compared to 64.7 per cent of boys.

A Conservative Party spokesman explains why information released by the party, claiming that 54 per cent of girls in the most deprived communities fell pregnant before their 18th birthday was wrong.

64 per cent of 15 year old girls who stay out frequently past 9.00 pm without their parent's knowledge consumed alcohol more than once in the last month, compared with only 25 per cent of girls who hadn't stayed out in the past month;

When surveyed after Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2014, the impact on perception was particularly striking for girls, as 44 per cent of girls aged 11 to 14 agreed that engineering careers are desirable, 18 per cent more than the benchmark.

Even more troubling is that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self ‑ consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.

Recent statistics show that in the UK, 25 per cent of boys and 33 per cent of girls between two and 19 years of age are overweight or obese.

Overall, 24.3 per cent of pupils achieved the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc), which requires GCSEs in two sciences, a language, history or geography, as well as English and maths, with 29.3 per cent of girls achieving the Ebacc compared to 19.5 per cent of boys.

In 2004 five per cent of boys and seven per cent of girls were regular smokers at the age of 13 and by the time they reach 15 that rises to 14 and 24 per cent, the report says.

Last year just 51 per cent of boys achieved five good GCSEs, compared to 61 per cent of girls.

Staying out late in adolescence is an accepted sign of growing independence, but this study finds that there is a small minority of 15 year olds — seven per cent of boys and five per cent of girls - who regularly stay out late without their parents knowing where they are.

Dr Alice Forster, study author and Cancer Research UK scientist at University College London, said: «Although around 87 per cent of girls in the UK do have the vaccine it's concerning to see that some girls from some ethnic minority groups feel they don't need to have it.

Researchers found that 17 per cent of girls from black backgrounds and 22 per cent of girls from Asian backgrounds who hadn't been vaccinated said that they did not need the vaccination and the reasons they gave included that they did not expect to be sexually active before marriage.

About 40 per cent of all boys and 27 per cent of all girls had had sex with more than one partner during the 12 months preceding the survey.

Just over 12 per cent of boys and 5 per cent of girls had had five partners or more.

Forty - seven per cent of boys and 41 per cent of girls had had intercourse.

Fully 60 per cent of the girls and boys in the survey reported that they had been sexually harassed in the last year.

Around 30 per cent of the girls and 45 per cent of the boys admitted that they had sexually harassed someone one or more times.

Eighty - five per cent of the girls had been subjected to FGM since it was outlawed, almost two - thirds of them by non-medical personnel (Reproductive BioMedicine Online, vol 16, p 27).

A 2006 survey of 3730 Egyptian girls, conducted by Mohamed Bedaiwy of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio and colleagues, found that 85 per cent of the girls had been subjected to FGM since the ban.

According to a recent study by dating site MySingleFriend, only 21 per cent of girls.

Additionally, 59 per cent of girls and young women aged 13 - 21 questioned in 2014 said they had faced some form of sexual harassment at school or college in the past year.

The gap has decreased from 16.3 percentage points to 15.6 percentage points, but only 58.6 per cent of boys start school with the expected level of development, compared to 74.3 per cent of girls.

A recent study from Youth Sport Trust and Women in Sport revealed that secondary school aged boys (age 11 - 16) are happier with the amount of physical activity they take part in and enjoy it more than girls (71 per cent of boys vs. 56 per cent of girls).

Compare this to 16 per cent of girls in the UK benchmark and you start to see the difference these interventions can make.

The results highlight that the gender gap is still an issue, with 61.8 per cent of girls achieving five good GCSEs compared to 52.5 per cent of boys.

Just 40.4 per cent of boys enjoy writing, compared to 57.4 per cent of girls, and only 21.9 per cent of boys write daily outside class, compared to 32.3 per cent of girls.

A gender breakdown shows that almost three in ten (29 per cent) male pupils admitted they had felt this way — along with 73 per cent of girls.

Additionally, 15 per cent of boys thought university was of little important, compared to 10 per cent of girls.

In Denmark, 20 per cent of boys and 10 per cent of girls have a delayed school start.

In addition, 51 per cent said they have felt so anxious before an exam that they thought they could not do it: 39 per cent of boys agreed with this, compared with 63 per cent of girls.