Sentences with phrase «commonly than younger people»

Symptoms are usually worse in the evening or at night, and older individuals seem to be affected more commonly than younger people.

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«While adults, and parents in particular, wring their hands about the «hook - up culture,» research indicates that far fewer young people are hooking up than is commonly believed.

The report, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said was reviewed by more than 150 experts, said e-cigarettes are now the most commonly used tobacco products among young people.

We believe these «new designs for new schools» will produce a set of schools that show districts across the country that high schools can provide underprepared young people with the supports they need to graduate from high school, go to college, place out of remedial courses, and stay in college for at least two semesters at substantially higher rates than are commonly achieved today.

«While adults, and parents in particular, wring their hands about the «hook - up culture,» research indicates that far fewer young people are hooking up than is commonly believed.

Virtually everyone uses verbal fillers, though the frequency can vary greatly from person to person.18 A study of one language database showed that speakers produced between 1.2 and 88.5 uhs and ums for every thousand words, with a median filler rate of 17.3 per thousand words.19 Other databases show anywhere from three to twenty uhs and ums for every thousand words, placing uh and um thirty - first in a ranking of most commonly used utterances, just ahead of or and just after not.20 A British study showed that, contrary to popular expectations, the use of verbal fillers does not indicate a lack of education or manners; instead, the use of uh and um increases with education and socioeconomic status, a finding with particular implications for the legal profession.21 Older people use more uhs and ums than younger people, and, curiously, men consistently use verbal fillers more often than women — a finding that has been replicated across several studies.22 Women, for their part, appear to use a higher ratio of ums to uhs than their male counterparts.23