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.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
The independent watchdog has published a report which found more than half (56 per
cent)
of young people aged 17 - 24 are unregistered and 31 per
cent of people with black or minority ethnic backgrounds are not on the register.
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.
The NBS also found that
young Nigerians have the highest prevalence
of bribery in the country as 36.4 per
cent Nigerian population
aged 25 to 34 years are the
people with highest bribery prevalence.
Some 465
young people aged between 17 and 25 years (70 per
cent female) completed an online survey which asked about their experiences
of parental / caregivers» domestic violence, family bonds and psychological wellbeing.
The meta - analysis
of findings from 15 studies by the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium found that around a quarter
of the European population is short - sighted but it is nearly twice as common in
younger people, with almost half (47 per
cent)
of the group
aged between 25 and 29 years affected.
Interviews with over 7,000 children and
young people aged between seven and 18 in 2015 found that 50 per
cent of primary pupils and 70 per
cent of secondary pupils are taking internet enabled devices to bed with them.
Data from the charity
Young Minds has shown that 110 per cent of children and young people aged five to 16 suffer from a mental health diso
Young Minds has shown that 110 per
cent of children and
young people aged five to 16 suffer from a mental health diso
young people aged five to 16 suffer from a mental health disorder.
The findings are based on a survey
of over 32,000 children and
young people aged eight to 18 and found that daily writing levels decreasing from 27.2 per
cent in 2014 to 20.7 per
cent in 2015, with 44.8 per
cent of respondents saying they enjoy writing either very much or quite a lot in 2015, compared to 49.3 per
cent in 2014.
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.
Research conducted by the charity has found that 45,000 disadvantaged
young people are failing to achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths, with only 46 per
cent achieving English and maths qualifications by the
age of 19.
Between 2002 and 2015, Gonzales studied a group
of young people, between the
ages of eighteen and thirty - two, in California, where undocumented residents make up seven per
cent of the population and nine per
cent of the workforce.
The use
of cash was lower in
younger people, but all
age groups surveyed saw their use
of bills and coins slip below the 50 per
cent mark in terms
of the number
of transactions they did.
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.
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.
Despite making up only 5 per
cent of the population
aged 10 to 17, more than half
of the
young people in jail are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths.
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.
A recent survey found that nine - in - 10 Ontarians
aged 30 to 39 and 88 per
cent of those 60 plus, agree or somewhat agree that owning one's own home is more difficult for
young people now than it used to be.
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.