Sentences with phrase «dropped by a few percentage point»

However, the survey found that, while the number of people visiting a physical library location may have dropped by a few percentage point, library website use is up, possibly due to increased access to ebook lending to personal devices and library subscriptions to streaming videos, music, and research tools.

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Since 2007 there has been a national decline in the number of school library / media centers and there are fewer library / media centers operating in high ‐ poverty schools than in wealthier schools, especially low income schools in the inner cities, where the number has dropped by five percentage points.

Simply by shifting existing debt around to reduce the utilization percentage on individual cards you can expect to increase the score by a few points or more — particularly when bringing all cards to below 50 percent — yet it's going to take an actual reduction in your overall debt to drop that combined utilization to where your score rises significantly.

If you have a 401 (k) plan through work, try upping your contribution percentage by a few points, or if you are expecting a large bonus maybe you think about contributing a much larger percentage for a few weeks and then drop back down after the New Year.