Fourteen
percent of adopted children ages 6 and older have been diagnosed with moderate or severe ADD / ADHD.
Specifically, 85
percent of adopted children have parents who rated their health as «excellent» or «very good.»
Twelve
percent of adopted children have ever been diagnosed with attachment disorder; however, 64 % of those parents report having a «very warm and close» relationship with their child.
Eight
percent of adopted children ages 2 and older have moderate or severe behavior or conduct problems, according to their parents.
In one study, Dr. Voith found that, in 87.5
percent of adopted dogs, breeds identified by DNA analyses were not the breeds stated by the adoption agencies.
Not exact matches
This goes some way towards explaining why more than 90
percent of B2B sellers have
adopted it as a strategy, according to GEB Global.
In fact, according to the Aberdeen group, 84
percent of sales reps achieve quotas if their company has
adopted a «best - in - class» sales enablement program that includes things like content, technology, and sales methodology or training.
«It's hard to understand why the BOJ is still cautious about
adopting a price - stability target,» Kuroda wrote, eight years ago, before the central bank was strong - armed this year into
adopting a binding inflation target
of 2
percent.
«I may tell them, for example, that if they
adopt a certain trademark, there's a 15
percent chance that a larger company will come after them, but that they also have a 60
percent probability
of success,» she says.
The BOJ last month
adopted a 2
percent inflation target, one
of the bold measures it unveiled to push Japan out
of deflation.
Last month, the Bank
of Japan
adopted a 2
percent inflation target and laid out plans for an open - ended asset purchase program.
Last month, the BOJ
adopted a 2
percent inflation target and pledged to carry out an open - ended asset purchase program from next year, bowing to pressure from Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to
adopt an aggressive monetary policy to end years
of deflation.
Author Zichermann estimates that only 5 to 10
percent of all businesses have
adopted loyalty programs
of any kind.
Content marketing is experiencing a boom, with 86
percent of business - to - business marketers
adopting it to promote businesses.
Since it first appeared more than a decade ago, approximately 30
percent to 40
percent of small businesses have
adopted some form
of Internet - based faxing, according to Peter Davidson, a long - time fax industry watcher and head
of Davidson Consulting in Sturgis, Mich..
Merchants who have
adopted mobile payment systems drove 81
percent of mobile payment conversations in 2013, according to the study.
Shockingly, marketing automation has only been
adopted by 3 to 5
percent of all businesses.
While 53
percent of businesses with one to 249 employees had
adopted social media, 62
percent of businesses with 50 to 249 employees were using it.
«If you just look at the year prior to the states
adopting withholding, on average, income tax revenues were 15
percent of all tax revenues,» Bagchi explained.
Add to that the Fed's desire to get off
of the emergency footing it
adopted during the financial crisis, and the rise in yields above 3
percent looks rather measured and rational.
Lemann also considered General Electric's annual reports a kind
of bible and
adopted Jack Welch's 20-70-10 rule — promote the top 20
percent of your employees, maintain the middle 70, and fire the rest.
Yet only about 1
percent of colleges and universities have
adopted these policies.
Starbucks was accused
of overcharging customers by systematically serving lattes that are 25
percent too small, based on a recipe it
adopted in 2009 to save money on milk.
A similar strategy
adopted by Binance, saw the Binance Coin shoot up in value by 22,000
percent in the first six months (the past performance
of a similar coin is no guarantee
of future returns
of course).
USA Today owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22
percent one week after the owner
of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers
adopted a «poison pill» plan to thwart the unsolicited offer.
Much more than 1.5
percent engages in sexual abuse» and much, much more than 1.5
percent if we use the loose definitions
of sexual abuse current today (and
adopted by the bishops in Dallas).
GMO cotton has been widely
adopted in important organic cotton - producing countries including China, India, and the U.S. Approximately 94
percent (3.4 million hectares / 8.5 million acres [31]-RRB-
of all cotton grown in the U.S. in 2015 was GMO.
Unilever recently
adopted a policy to convert 100
percent of its eggs to cage - free, including the 350 million eggs used annually by Hellmann's mayonnaise.
In 2015, The Consumer Goods Forum, which represents more than 400
of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers from 70 countries,
adopted a resolution for its members to reduce food waste from their operations by 50
percent by 2025, with baselines and progress to be measured using the FLW Standard.
Starbucks to Donate 100
Percent of Unsold Food to Combat Food Waste Starbucks Becomes Latest Chain to
Adopt Massive Animal Welfare Standards Starbucks Recycles Coffee Grounds Into Laundry Detergent?
As
of April 2016, 80
percent of U.S. dairy companies have committed to
adopting these voluntary standards which include three primary pillars:
The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), established by Wine Institute and the California Association
of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), today unveiled its 2006 Progress Report indicating a 24
percent increase since 2004 in the number
of California wineries and vineyard businesses working to
adopt practices that are sensitive to the environment and society at large.
Twenty - four
percent of restaurateurs currently use an online ordering and delivery platform like Grubhub or Seamless, and another 31 % say they are planning to or are considering
adopting such services.
So every week fifty
percent of the proceeds goes to either Feed the Children or a family fundraising to
adopt internationally a child with special needs.
In a 2010 report to the USDA [PDF], Mathematica predicted that
adopting a full range
of improvements to make meals «healthier» would result in 5
percent of elementary school children dropping out
of the program, and even more — 12
percent — at the secondary school level.
While 77
percent of children
adopted from China are girls (2009), there has been an increase in the number
of adopted boys, as they are prevalent in the special needs program.
In 2012, 86
percent of children
adopted from foster care were
adopted by relatives or foster parents.
And the Penang - based International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reports 23
percent of countries that have
adopted the WHO code have not implemented it.
In 2004, 26
percent of African - American children
adopted from foster care were
adopted trans - racially.
Cuomo also pushed his plan to provide free tuition — beyond state and federal grants already received — for some public college students; he said 85
percent of families from the Buffalo area would be eligible to participate if his plan is
adopted by the Legislature.
If the council fails to
adopt the proposition, and another 5
percent of voters sign petitions - that's roughly 1,350 additional signatures - the matter would go to a public referendum.
The exemption provides a basic property tax exemption,
of either 10 or 15
percent of assessed value (as
adopted by the municipality) to veterans who served during the Cold War period.
«And so now it's just really just a question
of execution
of core policies including the 50
percent by 2030 renewables program that was
adopted last August by the Public Service Commission,» Morris says.
Adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers in 2011, the property - tax cap mandates that school districts, town boards, county boards and other local governments keep the growth
of their tax levies at 2
percent or the rate
of inflation — whichever is lower.
The County shall maintain an unassigned balance in the General Fund equal to or greater than five
percent of the amount contained in the
adopted budget
of the General Fund
of the County's last audited financial statements.
In 2014, Kopel crafted legislation, later
adopted by the state, requiring business owners who contest their property tax assessments to place up to 10
percent of the assessed value
of their properties in an escrow account.
«Leader Kolb has done a great job on behalf
of the Assembly Republican Conference, putting forth impactful policy proposals like the 2
percent tax cap that even Democrats later
adopted, and we're glad he has formally entered the race,» Cox said in a statement.
«One hundred
percent of the schools
adopted a teacher evaluation system,» Cuomo said in his State
of the State address.
Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State
of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead
of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15
percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and
adopting a system
of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.
Cuomo has pushed in recent years to
adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use
of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50
percent renewable energy by 2030.