Sentences with phrase «cent of young people in»

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.

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

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.

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.

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«very worrying» that 12 per cent of young people in receipt of EMA had said they wouldn't stay in education if it were withdrawn.

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BMO says 84.4 per cent of households headed by young people owe some form of debt, compared with 82 per cent of the same households in 1984.

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.

Starbucks will donate 25 cents from every beverage from the Cups of Kindness collection sold at participating Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada June 13 - 19 to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation to empower young people to build a kinder and braver world.

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.

A teacher of religion, for example, must foster in the young people the central Christian experience; hence he ought to be able to help them through his own religious practice without asking them to invent anew everything belonging to the Christian life, which leads to nothing anyhow in ninety - five per cent of the cases.

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.

A recent survey claimed that among a group of young people who called themselves Christian, forty five per cent said they did not believe in God.

It breaks the Chinese organic consumer into eight main groups: white collar families (40 per cent of the market), families with young children, families with health issues, overseas returnees, business people from Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong (China), government officials, young people and foreigners living in China.

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.

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.

There has been a 20 per cent rise in the number of young people prosecuted for firearms offences over the past five years, with reports that children as young as eight are now using guns to solve disputes.

Another choice we've said we'd make differently is on taxation and tuition fees — while under the Conservative - led government banks are benefiting from a 5 per cent cut in corporation tax, — Labour thinks that money would be better used bringing down the cap on tuition fees, to help young people worried about the costs of going to university.

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.

Currently, young people must apply for university places using grades predicted by their teachers, but in 55 per cent of cases these are wrong, leaving many students without anywhere to go, or feeling that they should have applied for a better university.

Today's figures confirm a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), which finds that in a sample of 115 young people and adults given Asbos, more than half (55 per cent) breached the conditions of their order.

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 condoIn 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 condoin the previous 12 months claimed to have used a condom.

«If you had a young person with a cognitive deficit of 50 per cent, you'd take it seriously — so why not in older people?»

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.

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.

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.

The report quizzed more than 8,500 parents, teachers and young people and found that 52 per cent of parents and 57 per cent of teachers have admitted to making subconscious stereotypes in regards to boys and and girls taking STEM subjects.

A Freedom of Information investigation by Children and Young People Now magazine in 2013 found that 31 per cent of local authorities closed public playgrounds between 2010 and 2013 and cut spending on play by 38.8 per cent during the same period (# 67.9 million in 2010/11 — # 41.5 million in 2013/14).

The Home Office estimates that youth violence committed by or against young people accounts for 60 per cent of all violence committed in England and Wales.

Up to 79 per cent of children who are obese in their teens are likely to remain obese as adults, according to NICE's guideline on managing overweight and obesity among children and young people.

Despite the apparent lack of SRE, the survey found that most young people thought the topic was important, as 99 per cent thought it should be mandatory in all schools.

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.

«Young people without capabilities to work in teams, solve problems and collaborate do not fare well in the labour market — a fate effecting around 40 per cent of science graduates.»

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.

Released to launch the Big Pedal 2018, the UK's largest schools competition to encourage more young people to cycle, walk and scoot to school, the survey also revealed that the number of children concerned about air pollution rose to over half in London (53 per cent) and that 34 per cent stated that politicians were most responsible for bringing down levels of air pollution, while 29 per cent held drivers as most accountable.

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.

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 engineerOf 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 engineerof 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.

In 2014, only 18 per cent of young people combine studies and work experience compared to 42 per cent in 199In 2014, only 18 per cent of young people combine studies and work experience compared to 42 per cent in 199in 1996.

The Survey Report also states that post 16 course closures have reduced the range of art and design courses offered for young people, 34 per cent of teachers and lecturers saying that in the last five years these courses have closed in their institutions.

Thirty per cent of survey respondents found applying to university difficult, 40 % report receiving little support from their school in planning their application, and 38 % say they felt intimidated when applying for university — highlighting the value of supporting young people during the process.

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.

This figure rises to 48 per cent in London (up from 37 per cent in 2014), where young people are more likely to have had private tuition than in any other region of the UK.

Research by St John Ambulance showed that 94 per cent of teachers believed first aid lessons in school would help teach young people to be more responsible.

When asked which measures would most likely improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive schools», ahead of two social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.

The figures also show that in 2016, decisions were made on whether 37,751 children and young people needed additional support through EHC plan, and of these, 95.6 per cent had plans made during 2016.

However, despite this, less than half of young people (48 per cent) surveyed said they had learned about the issue in the classroom.

Comparatively, of the fifth of young people from backgrounds with the highest entry rate, 52.1 per cent went to university in 2016, an increase of 1.2 percentage points.

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 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.