Sentences with phrase «cent of young people»

Thirty - four per cent of young people said it was «easy» to get the drugs.

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.

It also found that 76 per cent of young people didn't feel they could influence government decisions, another clear indication of the decreasing interest young people show for politics.

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

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.

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

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

The research found several underlying issues, for example 37 per cent of young people say they feel pressure to impress friends and followers online.

(I am not here discussing Catholic independent schools, which cater for less than ten per cent of our young people).

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.

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.

«In the 2012 annual [Youth Off The Streets] online survey, 87.9 per cent of young people thought that the program had helped them to «achieve things I didn't think I could».»

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.

Importantly the poll also found that Canadians aged 18 - 34 actually trail Baby Boomers in RRSP ownership and contribution rates with only 43 per cent of young people holding RRSPs compared to 69 per cent of older Canadians, so there is an urgent need to encourage and empower younger Canadians to start saving.

One of the findings suggested 32 per cent of young people believed in God but that dropped to 18 per cent when asked if they would be interested in finding out more about God.

Around 65 per cent of younger people voted for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party earlier this year and YouGov has observed that «age seems to be the new dividing line in British politics», with older people tending to favour the Conservative Party and younger people generally voting Labour.

While 54 per cent of young people want politicians to have higher moral standards, this increases to a whopping 80 per cent in people aged 65 and over — who are, after all, the age group most likely to vote.

Forty - one per cent of young people told pollsters «religion is more often the cause of evil in the world» while only 14 % said it was a cause for good.

In a survey conducted 6 years after Canada introduced pictorial warnings, more than 90 per cent of young people agreed that the pictures made smoking less attractive.

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.

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 addition, an average of 36 per cent of Greenhouse Sports pupils do 60 minutes of exercise a day, compared to just 16 per cent of young people living in London who meet these recommended hours of physical activity.

«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.»

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.

Inspiring youngsters Research shows us that after last year's Week, 49 per cent of young people aged 11 - 14 stated that they believed a career in engineering to be desirable.

Nearly 60 per cent of NEET youths had already experienced more than one mental health problem in childhood or adolescence, compared to around 35 per cent of young people who were in education, employment or training.

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 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.

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.

Indeed, he emphasised that he found it «very worrying» that 12 per cent of young people in receipt of EMA had said they wouldn't stay in education if it were withdrawn.

Ninety per cent of young people say they need opportunities to discuss the «taboo» subject of terrorism, a new survey has revealed.

Although there is a lack of jobs for students the report found that 55 per cent of young people surveyed identified «their desire to concentrate on their studies» as the main reason for deciding not to combine work with study.

To me, the greatest scandal of all is the bland indifference to this fact on the part of those who have the most power in our country: in many cities, 40 per cent of the young people are without work and may well belong permanently to a subculture of unemployment even after the economy as a whole recovers from recession.

Twenty - five per cent of young people said they believed in God, 19 % believed in a non-Godlike «spiritual greater power» and 38 % were atheists who didn't believe in any greater spiritual power.

87 per cent of young people say they feel more proud to be an Arab since the Arab Spring, and a majority feel the region's best days are ahead.

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.

He even has the courage to question Labour's aim to put 50 per cent of young people in higher education, saying it's «almost certainly not affordable».»

The findings also show that 36 per cent of young people are put off studying STEM as they are not sure what the subjects support.

It finds wide recognition of the importance of life skills, with 88 per cent of young people, 94 per cent of employers and 97 per cent of teachers saying that these are as or more important than academic qualifications.

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.

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.

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.

One - quarter of all children and 29 per cent of young people are overweight or obese.

This model provides approaches and daily strategies for teachers by integrating therapeutic practice within the classroom as an important setting of healing and growth for the 40 per cent of young people in schools who have experienced or witnessed traumatic stressors (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2014).

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

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 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.