Sentences with phrase «cent of young»

The survey revealed that 70 per cent of young people (ages 18 - 34) are anxious about not being properly informed about the buying or selling process.

A study by the NSPCC last year reported up to 40 per cent of young people had been involved in sexting and found teenage girls in particular were facing pressure from classmates to provide sexually explicit pictures of themselves.

Unfortunately, our most recent National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (ABS, 2008) confirmed that while 26 per cent of young people reported experiencing a significant mental health problem in the last 12 months (higher than any other age group), the vast majority (87 per cent of young men and 69 per cent of young women) did not receive any professional help.

In an Australian study, 61 per cent of young non-heterosexual people reported experiencing verbal abuse and 18 per cent reported physical abuse.

Around 10 per cent of young Australians experience same - sex attraction, most realising this around puberty.

ABC News reported that in its latest annual snapshot, the Far West Local Health District found that 76 per cent of young Aboriginal children in Broken Hill had blood lead levels above the new NHMRC threshold of five micrograms per decilitre.

Young men are less likely to seek help, with only 13 per cent of young men aged 16 to 24 years seeking help for a mental health difficulty compared with 31 per cent of young women.

Conservative estimates suggest that approximately three per cent of young people in Australia aged between six and 17 years, or 95,000 young people, have Conduct Disorder.

About 30 per cent of young people recovered; markers for this resilience were those who had high self - efficacy and lived in functional families.

Amnesty figures show that from July 2013 to June 2014, Indigenous young people made up an average of 96 per cent of all young people in detention in the NT (45 out of 47) while comprising around 44 per cent of the population aged between 10 and 17.

Only 38 per cent of older skiers and 37 per cent of young people who have ever been on a winter sports holiday say they purchased insurance for their most recent winter sports holiday.

But I hadn't always been 30 or a person of steady income, and I — like the 54 per cent of young, educated Canadians who graduate with debt — had previously taken student loans and let them get away from me.

Forty per cent of young people surveyed said a teacher trained in dealing with bullying would have made a difference to them, but of the 170 teachers who responded to the survey, only 30 per cent there was adequate support at school to help children with mental health issues.

The UK currently has the highest rate of childhood obesity in Europe, with 25 per cent of young people being classified as obese or overweight.

As reported by The Conversation, research shows that at least ten per cent of young people are same - sex attracted, four per cent are transgender or gender diverse and at least 1.7 per cent can be described as «gender diverse».

In 2015, one - fifth or reported images were self - generated and around 16 per cent of young people aged between 11 and 16 said they had sent sexual images in the UK and one in six people reported to the police for indecent images are minors themselves.

A further 40 per cent of young people surveyed maintained that having a teacher trained to deal with bullying would have made a significant difference to their experience.

This is particularly true when it comes to childhood obesity, with nearly 10 per cent of all young children in England being obese according to the national child measurement programme (NCMP) in 2015 - 16.

New figures show 90 per cent of young university entrants in 2016/17 came from state schools, including an increase among Russell Group institutions.

Mission Australia's 2015 survey of Australian youth revealed almost 30 per cent of young people considered mental health to be a major issue affecting their lives.

«In terms of the overall proportion of young people who attain five or more A * - C grades at GCSE, including in English and maths, the North was among the lowest - performing of the English regions in 2013 - 14 — 54.9 per cent of young people attained this standard, compared to 56.8 per cent across England and 61.5 per cent in London.»

According to the EPI's findings, 66.9 per cent of young people aged 16 - 34 who had attempted suicide had not subsequently received medical or psychological help and specialist mental health services are on average turning away 23 per cent of the young people referred to them for treatment.

The poll, which quizzed 2,612 year 7 - 11 children in England and Wales, found that 74 per cent of young people think that they are either very or fairly likely to go into higher education.

Having interviewed 300 young people aged 16 to 25, the charity Fixers, who undertook the study, found that 27 per cent of young people said they had felt pressured into sexting, sexual activity, drinking alcohol or taking drugs while in or around school; 34 per cent did not feel safe walking to and from school; and 12 per cent had been sexually assaulted.

The results showed that 77 per cent of young people reported purchasing food and drink outside of school at lunchtime at least twice a week, as opposed to the school canteen.

The annual survey of perceptions, which was published by exam regulator Ofqual, also shows that 39 per cent of parents, 16 per cent of young people and six per cent of teachers are still unaware of the new system.

Sixty - nine per cent of young people are worried about parts of their appearance as they prepare to go back to school this week (4 September), research has shown.

The data also reveals that 77.2 per cent of young entrants (under 21) to Russell Group institutions in England were from state schools, up from 72.9 per cent in 2010/11.

11.4 per cent of young entrants (under 21) were from low participation neighbourhoods (POLAR3), up from 10.0 per cent in 2010/11.

Only around one per cent of young people in state alternative provision receive five good GCSEs.

Most of the bullying focus on weight and body shape, with 60 per cent of young people admitting they tried to change their appearance after being bullied and 24 per cent said they reduced the amount they ate or went on a diet.

In 2014, only 18 per cent of young people combine studies and work experience compared to 42 per cent in 1996.

Of course, this is by no means to suggest that the 25 per cent of young people who said they had heard about or taken part in a Tomorrow's Engineers Week activity in November will go on to become engineers.

Worryingly, the survey showed that 6 per cent of young people in London thought it was fine to share personal information about themselves online with strangers, compared to those in other parts of England.

The survey discovered 75 per cent of young people enjoy PE lessons in school and 64 per cent stated they feel better about themselves after doing sport.

Research into cyberbullying by Cross (et al., 2009) shows about 10 per cent of young people across Australia experience cyberbullying.

More than 70 per cent of Australia's children and 91 per cent of young people are not meeting the national physical activity recommendation of 60 minutes physical activity every day, according to a 2016 report by the AHPC.

This commitment doesn't stop once the young people have completed their programmes; research shows that 82 per cent of young people said that their DofE has made them want to continue with volunteering activities in the future.

The report, entitled «Improving alternative prison», found that 40 per cent of young people detained in youth offender institutes had not been to school since they were 14 years old.

Currently nearly five per cent of those young people with a statement are educated within the Independent sector.

Now, almost five million Britons visit dating sites each month and as many as 20 per cent of all young newlyweds meet online.

It has been observed that as the population ages, the percentage of left - handed survivors decreases from 10 per cent of young adults to only one per cent of 80 - year - olds.

A survey by the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) found that 60 per cent of young women consume takeaway foods at least once a week.

Genetic analysis has shown that 92 per cent of young are fathered by bourgeois males, and dwarf males are not found at all in some Lamprologus populations.

The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, found 25 per cent of its young participants who had reading difficulties showed mild or moderate hearing impairment, of which their parents and teachers were unaware.

In a recent survey, only 55 per cent of young French people who said they had had sex in the previous 12 months claimed to have used a condom.

Yet 45 per cent of young housing - benefit claimants are parents.

It was also to ensure that 90 per cent of young people in need have access to sexual and reproductive health services and combination HIV prevention options by 2020.

Official figures suggest 22 per cent of young girls and 19 per cent of boys will be official obese by 2010.

Its interim report notes that 70 per cent of young offenders come from single parent families, and a third of prisoners and more than half of young offenders have been through the care system.