Sentences with phrase «percentage point increase compared»

NFIB found that a net 23 percent of respondents raised wages in the three months prior to September, a 5 percentage point increase compared with the same period a year earlier.

In addition, 27 percent said they have positions they are unable to fill right now, a 6 percentage point increase compared with September 2014.

Lollipop (Android 5.0 + Android 5.1) is now at 18.1 percent, an impressive 6 percentage points increase compared to the June update.

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The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

Forty - four percent said they will wait until December or later to shop, an increase of five percentage points compared to 2014.

Half of shoppers say they will shop for themselves when shopping for others, an increase of 7 percentage points compared to 2014.

Depreciation expense in the quarter was 27 basis points higher as a percentage of sales basis compared to last year due to increased new units and remodels.

At year - end 2013, we estimate pension funding levels for our 50 largest rated US corporate issuers increased by 19 percentage points to 94 % of pension obligations, compared with a year earlier.

Our past 48 long calls have outperformed the market by an average of 4 percentage points, increasing about 1 % compared to a 3 % loss for the S&P 500.

In the 2010 general election, he was the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, losing by 42 votes to the Labour's sitting MP Glenda Jackson and increasing the Conservative vote share of the vote by nearly 10 percentage points compared to the previous election.

Activists are particularly concerned that the party only increased its share of the vote by four percentage points compared with 2005, especially in light of Gordon Brown's unpopularity in the runup to the general election.

On average, the proportion of people interested in science across the union has increased by about 8 percentage points compared with a similar survey carried out in 2001.

Quality of coverage compared to one year prior increased 7.1 percentage points compared with non-expansion states

By comparing weekly deaths and flu - related hospitalizations in each year's flu season, the researchers were able to calculate that for every percentage point increase in the A / H3N2 match rate, weekly deaths declined by about 0.0016 and hospitalizations declined by about 0.002 per 1,000 nursing home residents.

When compared to family medicine physicians that did not receive the intervention, internal medicine physicians had a significant increase in generic prescribing rates of 5.4 percentage points for all medications, 10.5 percentage points for beta - blockers, and 4.0 percentage points for statins.

Worse still, the proportion of these toddlers enrolled in early childhood classes fell by 4 percentage points between 2005 and 2011 compared with an average increase of the same amount for all OECD countries.

• The offer of a voucher raised the proportion of African American students who enrolled in a private four - year college by 5 percentage points, an increase of 58 % as compared to the control group.

The statewide reading pass rate rose from 77 percent to 87 percent, an increase of 10 percentage points (compared with a 16 percentage point increase in Houston).

Once again, although sizable gender gaps are present at each point in time, over this period boys experienced an increase of 14 percentage points compared with an increase of 12 percentage points for girls.

Although sizable gender gaps remain, between 1996 and 2002, boys improved their relative position, with an increase of 20 percentage points compared to a 14 - percentage - point increase for girls.

Scores of level 2 or higher, which includes students who are nearly proficient, were up 6.2 percentage points — an increase of 650 students compared to last year.

In general, a 10 percentage - point increase in teachers» union coverage in a state tends to increase test scores by 1.1 to 1.4 points compared to the national average.

Compared to their nonunion counterparts, members of teachers» unions are 16 percentage points more likely to have advanced degrees — which increase the quality and skills of the employee.

In charter schools, the grade level with the biggest gains in math compared to last year was eighth grade with a 3 percentage point increase.

Since 2006, according to an analysis of state testing data by the city's Department of Education (which used 2010's recalibrated proficiency levels to compare 2006's testing data to 2010's), the city's elementary and middle schools have seen a 22 - point increase in the percentage of students at or above grade level in math (to 54 percent) and a 6 - point increase in English (to 42 percent).

But continuous professional development (CPD) saw the biggest fallout, with a «staggering» 20 percentage point increase in respondents saying this had been cut compared to last year — 66 per cent in total.

Compared with 2008 the overall percentage achieving Level 2b in reading and writing increased by one and two percentage points to 72 % and 60 % respectively.

Although the increase is attributed to improved graduation rates for specific groups of students that have traditionally struggled to earn a diploma — including a 15 percentage point gain for Hispanic students and a 9 percentage point gain for black students over the past decade — gaps still remain when comparing these students to their white and Asian peers.

The percentage of grade - 8 students who met or exceeded the rigorous NAEP standard for proficiency increased by a statistically significant four points to 40 percent in 2011, compared with 36 percent in 2009 when the national tests were last administered.

Likewise, the percentage of Scholarship students achieving at least «basic» increased 3 percentage points, compared to a 4 percentage point dip statewide.

Compared to four years ago, the percent of students in the adjusted cohort who are economically disadvantaged has increased by 9 percentage points (approximately 270 more students).

The rise of buyers of younger buyers was compared to the Genesis EQ900's predecessor, the Hyundai Equus, which showed an increase of seven percentage points.

This is despite the average debt rising by more than $ 1,000 and the percentage of graduates with debt increasing by 2 percentage points compared to last year.

Compared to FHA home loans, conventional loans could increase rates by a full percentage point if a borrower's loan to value ratio exceeds a specified limit; in many cases, higher loan to value ratios can actually be enough to completely disqualify a mortgage applicant altogether.

The national mortgage delinquency rate as of the end of October stood at about 5.1 %, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared with October...

That compares to 63 % of Europeans who will travel this summer which is an increase of nine percentage points from last year.

That compares to 63 % of Europeans who will travel this summer which is an increase of nine percentage points from last year.

Compare that to people with less than a high school diploma, for whom the unemployment rate stands at 8.5 %, which is a startling increase of almost one whole percentage point compared to the same time last year.

The proportion of respondents who feel to be financially worse off (compared to year ago) increased by 1.6 percentage points to 23.9 percent, while the proportion of respondents who expect to be financially better off in a year (compared to today) increased by 1.3 percentage points to 37.4 percent.

When compared to the prior quarter, independent living occupancy increased by 0.2 percentage points, while assisted living occupancy increased by 0.4 percentage points.

When compared to the prior quarter, independent living occupancy increased by 0.2 percentage points, while assisted living occupancy decreased by 0.1 percentage points.