Sentences with phrase «cent of young people who»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

cents Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Both houses extend, through 2010, this tax credit for hiring disadvantaged people to include unemployed veterans and unemployed young people who've dropped out of school and lack basic skills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The students had the option of not answering the questions on self - harm, however, and about five per cent took that option, meaning that the number of young people who had self - harmed could be higher than indicated.

And of the older adults who took part, 95 per cent surveyed said their view of young people had improved as a result of the challenge.

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.

Even those young people who did not purchase a sugary - sweetened drink at lunchtime still exceeded the WHO recommendations that sugar consumption be halved to no more than 5 per cent of daily energy intawho did not purchase a sugary - sweetened drink at lunchtime still exceeded the WHO recommendations that sugar consumption be halved to no more than 5 per cent of daily energy intaWHO recommendations that sugar consumption be halved to no more than 5 per cent of daily energy intake.

Almost half (45 per cent) of speech and language therapists surveyed by the RCSLT said that they lack the time and resources to provide services to children and young people with communication problems who do not have an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

The report also highlights the vital part schools have to play in tackling body image anxiety, as three quarters of young people (76 per cent) who learned about body confidence as part of their curriculum said it made them feel more positive about themselves.

A proportion of young people who drink sugary drinks reported eating no food at lunchtime at all, and of the young people who reported consuming sugary drinks at lunchtime, 73.7 per cent reported that the drink they consumed was a regular soft drink.

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.

«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.»

We've all see reports of youth unemployment, which in August 2016 was 13.1 per cent across the country, but there are numerous regions throughout Australia where it's above one in five young people who are out of work (Brotherhood of St Lawrence, 2016).

The charity's research, released in its #FightingFor report, involved interviews with more than 2,700 children and young people (79 per cent of which were under 18) who have sought help for mental health problems, and more than 1,600 parents whose children had sought support.

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.

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.

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

There is now a waiting list, with many more young people and families, and 40 per cent of plots are now managed by women who increasingly like to grow organic vegetables.