Sentences with phrase «in areas of higher deprivation»

Compared with couple families, lone parents are more likely to be in lower income groups, have lower educational qualifications and live in areas of higher deprivation.

Focus on improving the retention of science teachers within the profession, and also in schools of highest need, for example in schools in areas of higher deprivation.

Forty - two per cent of staff in schools in areas of high deprivation revealed that they did not offer enough work experience placements, in comparison to the 58 per cent that stated they did.

In rural and deprived areas these concerns manifested themselves in higher levels of driving and bus travel, along with more children being accompanied to school by an adult in areas of high deprivation.

The scandal comes at a time when a recent survey on school governance carried out by the University of Bath and the National Governors Association (NGA)-- the most extensive of its kind to date — revealed that finding and keeping school governors in tough schools in areas of high deprivation is not easy.

The SHeS analysis showed no variation with household income for boys or girls, but boys in areas of high deprivation were less likely to meet physical activity recommendations than those in more affluent areas, with no clear pattern for girls.

Demographic and socio - economic factors were again also significantly independently associated with behavioural outcomes: children with a younger mother, those with lower social support, who had lived in persistent poverty and in an area of higher deprivation had poorer behavioural outcomes than other children.

For example, younger mothers are more likely to have lower qualifications, to be lone parents, and to live in areas of high deprivation.

Not exact matches

For example, areas with the scheme might be those in with high levels of deprivation and where teenage pregnancy rates were increasing.

In both surveys there were significant linear associations between socio - economic deprivation and intakes of energy, non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) as a percentage of food energy, sugar - sweetened beverages, confectionery, crisps and savoury snacks and leisure - time screen use (all higher among children in more deprived areas), while intakes of fruit, fruit juice and vegetables showed the opposite trenIn both surveys there were significant linear associations between socio - economic deprivation and intakes of energy, non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) as a percentage of food energy, sugar - sweetened beverages, confectionery, crisps and savoury snacks and leisure - time screen use (all higher among children in more deprived areas), while intakes of fruit, fruit juice and vegetables showed the opposite trenin more deprived areas), while intakes of fruit, fruit juice and vegetables showed the opposite trend.

The program is being piloted in areas experiencing a high degree of economic deprivation.

Asylum seekers are placed in temporary accommodation, often in areas of high social deprivation.

Hospital admission rates are 55 per cent higher in some areas than in others because of a greater prevalence of conditions such as diabetes, alcoholism, dementia and socioeconomic deprivation.

In addition, the researchers observed that sociodemographic factors played a role, with an association between areas of greater social deprivation and higher rates of opioid prescriptions.

Safety concerns were the common theme for parents in urban and rural areas along with areas of high and low deprivation in Scotland.

Keeping Kids Cosy will target both rural and urban areas of higher deprivation across the two counties where the latest government statistics show fuel poverty levels as high as 22.9 %, or over one in five house holds.

With the support of the UK Space Agency, 15,000 free Mars Diary books will be made available to primary schools across the UK with priority given to those in areas of high levels of deprivation and education under - achievement.

«The schools highlighted in the report are also characterised by the high expectations which they place on pupils, and how those pupils rise to the challenge - achieving in areas of relatively high deprivation.»

«It is not necessarily unfair for different schools to receive different levels of funding because some schools have higher numbers of disadvantaged children and are in areas with higher deprivation.

Since deprivation is generally accepted as being higher in urban areas, urban areas enjoy two lots of potentially duplicate, unmonitored funding.

There is a strong case for making sure that the first tranche are in urban or rural areas with high levels of deprivation and low educational standards, both to create a ladder of opportunity for bright kids from the council estate or the rural backwater, and to have a beacon of educational excellence in those schools.

The absolute and relative risks of prolonged exposure to maternal smoking were greater for income than with area deprivation which is due to a marginally higher smoking rate among those in the lowest income households, and a marginally lower rate among those in the highest, than was the case in relation to the corresponding deprivation quintiles.