This is a one
percentage point drop from 2011, but a 10 percent drop from 2002.
That's
a percentage point drop from the previous year and a steeper drop since 2011 when 26.7 % of U.S. population growth was focused in urban areas.
Also interesting: while e-books more than doubled from last January's sales numbers, mass market paperbacks -LRB--30.9 %), trade paperbacks -LRB--19.7 %), and hardcovers -LRB--11.3 %) all suffered double - digit
percentage point drops from last year.
Not exact matches
In Canada, hybrid sales represented only 1 % of the market in 2010, which is actually a
drop of half a
percentage point from the previous year, according to Geoff Helby, a director at the market research firm J.D. Power and Associates.
The stimulus
from a weaker currency is over; if companies didn't respond to a 20 %
drop over two years, they likely aren't going to respond to a decline of a few more
percentage points.
While Facebook is still rated as the most effective platform overall, confidence in the platform slightly
dropped (4
percentage points from last year.)
During that period, Wynn's (NASDAQ: WYNN) share grew just one
percentage point to 17 %, while MGM's (NYSE: MGM) share
dropped from 10 % to 7 %.
The most recent GDP release is a case in
point: the drag induced by the
drop in inventories subtracted more than two
percentage points from the annualized fourth quarter GDP growth rate.
is a case in
point: the drag induced by the
drop in inventories subtracted more than two
percentage points from the annualized fourth quarter GDP growth rate.
In 2009, the average APR on all mature accounts (adjusted to reflect the
drop in the prime rate) increased by 2.4
percentage points from 2008.
Improving your credit score by 40
points can
drop half a
percentage point from your rate, depending on the loan you pick and other parameters.
Adjusted gross margin fell by 3
percentage points to 33.8 % of sales and operating margin
dropped to 17.4 % of sales
from 18.8 % a year ago.
Moreover, with a 9
percentage point drop in income tax rates, Mastercard once again got a huge boost
from tax reform, paying $ 86 million less in taxes despite the much higher pre-tax income.
That's bad news for the Catholic Church, which has seen a 12
percentage -
point drop in Hispanic members since 2010, with most of the losses coming
from former Catholics under 50.
A Pew study demonstrated an 8 -
percentage point drop in those calling themselves Christian:
from 78.4 percent to 70.6 percent.
The proportion of Americans who say they know an evangelical
dropped by 9
percentage points from 2014 to 2017, down to 61 percent today.
Despite that one - sided money
percentage, the spread didn't move until Gobert was officially ruled out on Thursday afternoon, at which
point Utah
dropped from -1 to +1.5.
Kyrie Irving, the defending champ, has seen his three -
point percentage drop this season
from 39.1 % to 36.2 %.
The change corresponds with Clinton's
drop in the national popular - vote lead:
from a 5.7 -
percentage -
point lead in our estimate on Oct. 28 to a 2.9 -
point lead now — so a swing of about 3
points against her.
With a
drop of 12
percentage points from November 2009 to November 2013.
Greenberg said the biggest decline in those numbers came once again
from downstate, where the
percentage of people who want Cuomo to serve a third term as governor
dropped by 27
points.
On who will run the economy better, the Conservative lead has
dropped from 17
points a month ago to only 4
points now, but their own
percentage has
dropped by only 3
points; the big shift was Labour gaining at the expense of «neither».
De Blasio's approval rating
dropped 10
percentage points from February to 48 percent, with 31 percent of city voters saying they disapprove of the job he's doing, and 19 percent say they are not sure, according to a NY1 / Baruch College poll.
In a Siena College poll released in February, the
percentage of registered voters who had a favorable opinion of the governor
dropped nine
points from the month prior.
After my first year in office our score
dropped to 65.8 percent, less than a
percentage point away
from getting off the significant stress list altogether.
«Ten years ago we tested a similar mailing that didn't talk about participation being mandatory [and] the self - response rate
dropped by 20
percentage points,
from about 50 % to 30 %,» Treat says.
This year, that
percentage is down even more, marking a six -
point drop from 2009, and roughly similar to where it was nine years ago.
Should she treat herself to a dish of ice cream for dessert, she adds another 260 calories, including over 100 calories as fat, but her
percentage of calories as fat
drops 9
points to 57 percent because of the high levels of carbohydrate calories
from the sugar in the ice cream.
Despite that game's impressive score, Sony saw its Metascore average
drop by over three
points over the past year, while its
percentage of games receiving positive reviews fell
from 54 % to 43 %.
In 2016, UK schools saw a disappointing decline in A * - C grades at GCSE level, with the proportion of pupils who gained a C grade or above
dropping by 2.1
percentage points from the previous year.
The pattern for parents is similar, though only 75 % of fully informed parents still want the four - year option, a 5 -
percentage -
point drop from those making that choice without cost - benefit information.
The education world continues to digest the headline finding
from the 2017 EdNext Poll: a dozen -
percentage -
point one - year decline in support for charter schools, with similar
drops among Republicans and Democrats.
-- the
percentage of those giving the schools an «A» or a «B» on the traditional A to F grading scale
drops 11
percentage points,
from 49 % to 38 %; — support for a proposal to make vouchers available to all families regardless of income jumps 13
percentage points, increasing
from 43 % to 56 %, while opposition to the proposal declines
from 37 % to 25 %; — support for charter schools shifts upward
from 51 % to 58 % when respondents learn the national rank of the local district, while opposition to charters declines
from 26 % to 23 %; — opposition to teacher tenure climbs 8
percentage points,
from 47 % to 55 %, while support for tenure
drops 8
points to 25 %.
For the nation as a whole, overall support for higher spending levels
dropped by 8
percentage points (
from 46 to 38 percent) when respondents were informed of actual per - pupil expenditures in their own district.
When informed about actual average teacher salaries in their state, respondents» support for higher salaries
dropped by 16
percentage points (
from 56 to 40 percent).
Katrina evacuees
from the suburbs experienced a 3.5
percentage point drop in four - year college - going outcomes.
When informed that 75 percent of students graduated
from high school, the public took that as neutral to mildly good news, as the
percentage giving schools an «A» or «B» increased by a trivial 2
points and the
percentage getting a «D» or «F»
dropped by 1
point (both statistically insignificant changes).
By the turn of the century, the graduation rate had
dropped 7
percentage points from its high - water mark of 77 percent in 1969.
In 2016, the north ‑ east had a sharp
drop in entries, with the proportion of pupils entering at least on arts subject ranging
from 57.3 per cent in the south ‑ west and 47.8 per cent in the north east — a gap of 9.5
percentage points.
However, pupils
from more affluent backgrounds are less likely to go to university if they do the four - week holiday course, with a 10
percentage point drop in girls and 8
point drop for boys.
Among Democrats, the decline was
from 59 % to 39 %, a
drop of 20
percentage points.
If precinct test scores
dropped from the 75th to the 25th percentile of test - score change, the associated 3 -
percentage -
point decrease in an incumbent's vote share could substantially erode an incumbent's margin of victory.
When we asked this question in our 2015 EdNext poll, 41 percent of the public thought the federal government should play the largest role in setting standards — which means we saw a 5
percentage -
point drop from 2015 to 2017.
When given the facts about teacher salaries, African American support for higher salaries
drops 20
percentage points —
from 74 percent to 54 percent.
• The average difference between the proportion of students achieving proficiency on NAEP and state tests decreased
from 30
percentage points to 10
percentage points nationwide, which the authors describe as «a dramatic improvement over the previous two - year period (2011 - 13), in which the difference
dropped only
from 35 to 30 percent.»
We found that more students in the phase - out cohort left their school before 12th grade, with the
percentage of students still in their 9th - grade school at the end of 12th grade
dropping by 6.9
percentage points to 48.8 percent,
from 41.9 percent.
School Spending - Support for increased spending on schools
drops 8
percentage points (
from 46 to 38 percent) when Americans are told what is actually spent in their own district.
Support for increased spending on our standard question
drops by 20
percentage points, a much bigger
drop than what was observed in 2009, when support for increased spending fell only 8
percentage points (
from 46 percent to 38 percent).
While 41 percent of the public still takes the neutral position, the portion with a positive view of unions
dropped 7
percentage points in the last year,
from 29 percent to 22 percent.
Our findings reveal that the size of the differential
drops from 29
percentage points to 18
percentage points once information about the local district's national ranking is supplied.