Sentences with phrase «proportion of children in»

The panel B in Fig 1 depicts the three trajectory groups of Self - Control, along with the estimated proportion of children in each group.

The proportion of children in the clinical range before treatment was 68 %, at follow - up 37 %.

Figures 4 - A and 4 - B show the proportion of children in poor health and with poor health behaviours according to their grouping on the parenting skills index.

Effective techniques exist for helping parents to get their children to read.36 One parent - child reading programme with 5 year olds reduced the proportion of children in the «very poor» category of reading from 26 % to 14 %.36 Teachers can be taught techniques to reduce disruptive behaviour in the classroom.

However, a higher proportion of children in SEARCH are at risk of developing psychosocial problems based on the SDQ than are non-Aboriginal children, highlighting the need for early detection, appropriate referral and culturally appropriate programs.

The control event rate (CER) refers to the proportion of children in the control group also free of anxiety disorder after 8 weeks of being on a waiting list.

Interestingly, Gratz et al14 reported that although there was no direct relationship between maternal BPD symptoms and infant emotion regulation in their sample, there was an indirect relationship, which was mediated by maternal emotional dysfunction, and that this was particularly the case for the large proportion of children in their sample who were classified as having an insecure - resistant attachment style.

Finally, using the χ2 statistic, the proportion of children in the upper quartile of TV viewing was compared with that of children in the remaining 3 quartiles according to maternal depression and obesity status.

A high proportion of children in the United States are overweight, suffer from food insecurity, and live in households facing maternal stressors.

At the end of the note - taking period the observer recorded the proportion of children in the classroom who appeared to be on task (i.e., doing what they were supposed to be doing).

I wish that instead of using misleading statistics like this Nick Gibb would quote the proportion of children in good or outstanding schools which at least allows something approaching a like for like comparison.

The report evaluated the 50 U.S. states on four fairness measures: per - pupil funding levels; funding distribution (whether a state provides more or less funding to schools on the basis of their poverty concentration); effort (differences in state spending relative to the state's fiscal capacity); and coverage (the proportion of children in public schools and the income ratio of private and public school families).

Title II provides federal funding to states and districts for activities that strengthen instructional leadership and teacher quality in all schools, especially those with a high proportion of children in poverty.

During the last two observations, observers were asked to interrupt their normal observational protocol every five minutes, scan the room quickly, and record the proportion of children in the class who were perceived to be on task.

In the early stages I wasn't worried about getting precise estimates of the numbers of schools or the proportion of children in them, but rather wanted to see if such schools even existed.

The study used data from the Current Population Survey to investigate if the dramatic decrease between 1993 and 2001, and equally dramatic increase between 2001 and 2010, in the child poverty rate could be attributed to changes in the proportion of children in immigrant families.

The proportion of children in the developing world who receive standard vaccines is now bordering on 75 percent.

What proportion of children in the US are vaccinated against measles?

The proportion of children in the UK who are very overweight at the start of primary school doubles by the time those children leave primary school.

As expected, primary carer age and the proportions of children in single - parent families increased with increasing child age group.

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- The proportion of children getting basic vaccines worldwide is the highest in history, 86 %.

In an issue of the Intercollegian as late as 1948, Paul Popenoe, author of the widely used textbook Applied Eugenics, warns readers that «too large a proportion» of children are «born in homes which can give them the worst start in every waIn an issue of the Intercollegian as late as 1948, Paul Popenoe, author of the widely used textbook Applied Eugenics, warns readers that «too large a proportion» of children are «born in homes which can give them the worst start in every wain homes which can give them the worst start in every wain every way.

A feeling of guilt so out of proportion with what my life was, is it inscribed in the nature of every child born into this world (the moral law within us, according to Kant, attests the existence of God), or is it a deformation occurring in infancy, imposed upon the Christians of my kind, and which I have not known how to cure?

While singles accuse the church of being too family oriented, statistics show that people in the 15 - 45 bracket are those we're least likely to find in church, and a sizable proportion of them are persons with children.

Of course, a few straight - forward deductions / credits, such as the child tax credit could remain, particularly because by it's very nature it's going to benefit the rich less (ie: the number of children in a family do not go up in proportion to the amount of incomOf course, a few straight - forward deductions / credits, such as the child tax credit could remain, particularly because by it's very nature it's going to benefit the rich less (ie: the number of children in a family do not go up in proportion to the amount of incomof children in a family do not go up in proportion to the amount of incomof income)

«Since a large proportion of vitamin A — deficient children and their mothers reside in rice - consuming populations, particularly in Asia, Golden Rice should substantially reduce the prevalence and severity of vitamin A deficiency, and prevent at least hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and cases of blindness every year,» said Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

(A) Changes in the proportion of energy consumed as SSBs plus 100 % juice by children aged 2 — 18 y. (B) Per capita changes in the amount of sugars (grams per day) that were contributed by water - based beverages and sugar - sweetened carbonated soft drinks from 1997 to 2011 according to industry sources (27).

(B) Changes in the proportion (percentage) of children aged 2 — 18 y who reported consumption.

The proportion of children and youth aged 2 — 18 y who consumed SSBs on the day of the survey declined 31 % (from 68.1 % in 1995 to 46.7 % in 2011 — 2012)(Figure 4).

The proportion of energy consumed as SSBs, including juice, also declined 15 % in adults and 40 % in children and youth.

We dedicate only a small fraction of the public money we spend on children to the earliest years; in one recent international ranking, the United States placed 31st out of a group of 32 developed nations in the proportion of total public spending on social services that goes to early childhood.

The proportion of children who begin life without a resident father is higher in Britain that in most other European countries, though in a 2005 study 45 % of non-resident fathers had attended the birth.

In 1950, almost 90 percent of children age 0 to 14 lived with married parents — now that proportion has fallen to less than two - thirds of children.

The sentence «The two - parent family is no longer the typical US family» was changed to more accurately read «In 1950, almost 90 percent of children aged 0 to 14 lived with married parents — now that proportion has fallen to less than two - thirds of children.»

The long - term impact is in proportion to the severity and length of the trauma as well as the degree the trauma interferes with the child connecting with its mother and father.

The new study was conducted in partnership with the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the proportion of U.S. children growing up with their two married parents.

The proportion of children being raised by a single parent has more than doubled in the last four decades.

Our effectiveness as parents is in direct proportion to the strength of the bond we have with our child.

It is considered a complete protein (all of the essential amino acids are represented and in correct proportions) and 1/2 cup will fulfill a child's daily protein needs.

Since parents» effectiveness is in direct proportion to the strength of the bond and connection they have with their child, any advice that undermines the strength of that bond is counterproductive.

But we first have to realize that we have a problem; that we are undermining children's health by denying them the thousands of ingredients in breastmilk that help build an optimal body / brain, replacing with a few dozen ingredients in the wrong proportions and from non-human sources which then populate the baby's gut (the seat of the immune system) with pathogenic bacteria, undermining health for a lifetime.

The sample was stratified by country and electoral ward type to over-represent families in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and wards with a high proportion of disadvantaged and ethnic minority families.19 Electoral wards were defined as ethnic minority (at least 30 % of population «Black» or «Asian», 1991 census), with the remainder defined as disadvantaged (upper quartile Child Poverty Index20) or advantaged (not in upper quartile Child Poverty Index).

In particular, breastfeeding may be of concern because it has been shown to be associated with both child's use of antibiotics36, 37 and cow's milk allergy, although inconsistently so.38 In a large Finnish birth cohort, the median durations of exclusive and total breastfeeding were 1.4 months and 7.0 months, respectively, and the proportion of breastfed infants decreased from 95 % at the age of 1 month to 58 % at the age of 6 months.39 Another limitation is our reliance on pharmacy records, which provides only a rough estimation of drug use.

Research has demonstrated that a large proportion of mothers served in home visiting suffer from mental health problems, with up to 50 percent experiencing clinically elevated levels of depression during the critical first years of their child's development.

According to Child Trends Data Bank, 77 percent of men and 65 percent of women in 2012 said children sometimes need a «good, hard spanking,» a proportion that's been decreasing steadily over the past 20 years over a growing body of research showing that spanking and other physical punishment may be harmful in the long - term and doesn't actually work that well.

Research has demonstrated that a large proportion of mothers served in home visiting suffer from mental health problems, with up to 50 percent experiencing clinically elevated levels of depression during the critical first years of their child's development.5 There is evidence that many depressed mothers fail to fully benefit from home visiting.6 Identifying depressed mothers or those at risk for depression who are participating in home visiting, and treating or preventing the condition and its deleterious consequences, can improve program outcomes and foster healthy child development.

As your child grows, increase the proportion of the milk in the child diet.

However, because of ongoing concerns that a high number and proportion of boys» ice hockey injuries are attributable to body checking, the AAP has elected to reassess its 2000 recommendation that «body checking should not be allowed in youth hockey for children age 15 years or younger.»

For example, if reality shows that one parent has had 75 percent of the parenting experience described in the above questionnaire, while the other has had only 25 percent, after the divorce children should divide their time between the parents in roughly the same proportions, at least initially.

Research at the Selective Mutism Anxiety Research and Treatment Center (SMart Center) indicates that there is a proportion of children with Selective Mutism who come from bilingual / multilingual families, have spent time in a foreign country, and / or have been exposed to another language during their formative language development (ages 2 - 4 years old).