Sentences with phrase «number of those surveyed said»

Despite the fact that a large number of those surveyed said data tracking made them uneasy — the words «Big Brother,» «creepy,» and «stalking» came up quite often.

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More than half of health - care organizations surveyed by the company say the number of mobile device data breaches had increased over the past 12 months.

«Since the late 80s... the number of people who say they feel isolated has doubled if not trebled, according to population surveys in Europe, the US and Australia.»

In a survey from 2015, 33 % of respondents said that «improved battery life» was the number one thing they looked for in a new smartphone.

For example, one recent study showed that almost 60 percent of people surveyed said they wanted to change jobs, but of that number, almost half didn't know what their next chapter should be!

A year prior respondents on average said 15 percent of their sales would come from discounts, however in the most recent survey that number jumped to 26 percent.

If I were to survey all the salespeople in the world, most of them would say price is the number one reason they lose a sale.

«A growing number of businesses are intending to or have already raised prices,» says Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial in Pittsburgh, which conducts regular surveys of small and midsize businesses.

Financial resources provider LendEDU has just published the results of a new investor survey targeting Bitcoin users, and the respondents feel bullish on the current number # 1 cryptocurrency, to say the least.

He also notes that, while the number of users of app - based taxi services is growing, most Millennials surveyed still say that they prefer to own at least one car.

Similarly, the owners of the smallest businesses surveyed are more likely to say the income sprinkling changes are fair than unfair, while majorities of those with larger numbers of employees say such changes are unfair:

To put some numbers to those factoids, 12 percent of women, and 7 percent of men, would pretend to be sick in order to get out of making a presentation; 70 percent of those surveyed said presentations are critical to their career success.

Of the one thousand churches surveyed, two - thirds reported that they're meeting or exceeding their annual budget, and of that number, 22 percent say they're over budgeOf the one thousand churches surveyed, two - thirds reported that they're meeting or exceeding their annual budget, and of that number, 22 percent say they're over budgeof that number, 22 percent say they're over budget.

In the World Fertility Survey, for example, over a third of the fecund women who indicated that they wanted no more children also said that they would like to have a larger number than they presently had.

A quarter of adults who attended religious services weekly in 2006 said they sometimes drank too much, a number that rose as church attendance decreased, according to the General Social Survey.

«The truth is, it doesn't really matter whether one of these surveys — even a big one like Gallup — shows the number leveling off a bit this past year,» Greg Epstein, humanist chaplain at Harvard University, says.

Many mothers in our survey cited spanking as the method of last resort, and said the number one rule of spanking is «never spank in anger or frustration,» a guideline 56 percent of moms follow.

One point of contention during the April election was the number of parks and athletic fields, but land planner Matt Doede said a survey conducted by the Batavia Park District comparing resources with three similar districts, including New Lenox's, indicates that the New Lenox Park District's 420 total acres exceeds the other districts» average of 384 acres.

The numbers show that 88 % of the communities surveyed have outside groups running programs on their fields and over 50 % of those say that outside groups run the MAJORITY of their programs.

Of course, a fair number of women do get in shape fast: A fifth of our survey moms with newborns (3 months old or younger) said they'd already lost all their baby weighOf course, a fair number of women do get in shape fast: A fifth of our survey moms with newborns (3 months old or younger) said they'd already lost all their baby weighof women do get in shape fast: A fifth of our survey moms with newborns (3 months old or younger) said they'd already lost all their baby weighof our survey moms with newborns (3 months old or younger) said they'd already lost all their baby weight.

The survey found that feeding was the number one topic from new moms, according to 52 percent of survey respondents, and almost all pediatricians (97 percent) say feeding was one of the top three questions new moms ask about.

That said, the general theme of a reduction of concern mirrors the trends in the crime survey of England and Wales, which shows continuing decline in crime rates and a steady drop in the numbers of people across the country highlighting anti-social behaviour as a problem in their local areas.

In several waves of the survey, respondents in all existing member states were asked to say, for each of a number of prospective member states, whether they would be in favour or against that country «becoming part of the European Union in the future».

The Manifesto Club says that a survey it carried out in February showed that the number of orders being used by councils is increasing rapidly.

Greenberg says the numbers have remained consistent over the last several months, prompting a tweak to the survey: «What Siena did this month is we asked voters how they think Cuomo is doing his job on a variety of specific issues.

Pollster Larry Harris says that disparity is not unusual, because it generally reflects where the most number of registered voters live in the area that was surveyed.

Head of the Political Science Department, Dr. Bossman Asare, who made this revelation while presenting the survey findings, said: «We wanted to find out who the voters think should lead the party [NDC] in 2020, and overwhelmingly 58 % of the candidates we interviewed said they believed Mr. Mahama will become the candidate and a number of them generally said they wanted Mr. Mahama to come.

As a result of the current downturn, there has been a reduction in the number of people reporting a skills shortage in this years survey; 77 % of respondents say there is a skills shortage, whereas 93 % felt there was a skills shortage in 2008.

«In the pre-census period, the total number of EAD and it's distribution are required for census, planing particularly the development of personnel, logistics and material for the pre-test, trial census, the main census and the Post Enumeration Survey,» he said.

According to the survey, only 32 % of the general population say that it is morally acceptable, and even among strong liberals the number is only 51 %.

But those numbers were hardly damning: 54 percent of those surveyed by Quinnipiac approved of his job performance, and 56 percent said they were prepared to re-elect him.

That number has jumped, with 65 percent of females surveyed saying they hold a favorable opinion of the governor.

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Speaking during the Kaduna state Economic and Investment Summit, Governor Ganduje said a recent survey carried out in the state established the number of the Almajirai, saying this has now become a social and economic problem.

Seattle leads US crane count, as Western states dominate construction activity, survey says There were a record number of construction cranes working in America in...

Morse said that the number of NASA astrophysics missions in operation had peaked at 15 in 2010 and was now in decline with the phaseout of spacecraft such as the Wide - Field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.

«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.

«You will get a lot of different answers from different people, but inevitably the ability of any one of those to convince everyone else that they're right is going to depend on the statistics of small numbers,» says Ross Stein of the US Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, California, «and we're never going to get anywhere.»

In a survey of AAAS members, an overwhelming number of women said that they knew of people who had left the sciences because they had trouble integrating their life and their science.

For example, MMS spokesperson Nicholas Pardi says a 1987 survey of the Gulf of Mexico indicated there was potentially nine billion barrels of oil there, but when the area was resurveyed nine years later (using newer technologies), the number jumped to potential 45 billion barrels.

Seismologist Austin Holland of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, who was not involved in the study, says there could be a large number of factors playing into the quakes.

By putting a number on the extent of data fabrication across all surveys, «they took it too far,» Kennedy says.

The survey showed that a number of people who identify as environmentalists do not support SRM, said Mercer.

«I definitely think that we are seeing heightened sensitivity to the economy side of the economy - environment tradeoff,» said Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center, adding that a number of other polls have shown a slight downward movement in numbers of people who list climate or the environment as a top priority.

In an editorial accompanying the study, Nita Forouhi, a researcher at the epidemiology unit of the University of Cambridge, said that the Chinese study has a number of strengths but that the dietary survey contained only «crudely measured» categories (red meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits) so it was unable to take into account other dietary habits that might have impacted the results, and that the quantity and strength of the chili consumed was also unknown.

In a survey conducted by It's Just Lunch of over 26,000 singles on how technology impacts relationships, 65 percent of respondents said they were more likely to text than call after swapping phone numbers with someone to whom they're attracted.

And it's true too — a survey published by OurTim.com revealed that nearly 60 % of boomers said that seeking love is their number one priority in 2012.

UPI - Feb 18 - A recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers said 59 % of the nation's top divorce attorneys have seen an increase in the number of cases using evidence taken from dating sites during the past three years.

A surprisingly high number of those surveyed, a whopping 79 %, said that they were able to find meaningful relationships via gay dating apps.

Moreover, a survey by Sugardaddy.com says that the acts of infidelity are declining among the population, although the number of cheaters getting caught is rising.