Sentences with phrase «study surveyed nearly»

Conducted by the American Humane Association (AHA) for PCT, phase one of the Pets in the Classroom study surveyed nearly 1,200 teachers who had received grants.

The study surveyed nearly 1,000 students in Grades 5 to 8, asking them to report their daily food consumption at school, or while travelling to and from school.

A recent study surveyed nearly 700 people to suss out their attitudes toward meat created in a lab, so - called in vitro meat (IVM).

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The researchers drew their data from a number of British and American longitudinal surveys, including the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which includes nearly 5,000 participants born in big US cities between 1998 and 2000.

The Rapt Media study found that nearly half (46 %) of the consumers they surveyed said content they find on their own influences their purchase decisions.

In Health Canada's 2001 National Work - Life Conflict Study — the widest - reaching survey on the subject, before or since — nearly half of respondents (47 %) considered their supervisor sympathetic to their need for work - life balance.

Yes, the study is from Hewlett Packard, but still the results are eye - opening: Nearly every small business surveyed (93 percent) admitted they tried to save money instead of buying what they really wanted.

The most recent National Survey of Student Engagement revealed that «nearly half of seniors majoring in business say they spend fewer than 11 hours a week studying outside class.»

Considering nearly 50 percent of the 7,200 adults surveyed in a recent Gallup study left a job «to get away from their manager,» it's time to reevaluate the employee - employer relationship.

And, considering that nearly half of employers (44 percent) studied (in a 2015 Careerbuilder survey of more than 2,000 U.S. hiring and HR managers) said they would think twice before moving an employee who gossips up the ranks, such office chitchat does more harm than good, right?

We complemented this survey with a 2013 study of more than 400 U.S. Millennials and nearly 1,000 non-Millennials, covering values, brand engagement, and marketing tactics.

According to Genworth Financial's Cost of Care Survey for 2017, the annual median cost of services increased by an average of 4.5 percent in 2017 from the prior year, the second - highest year - over-year increase since the study began in 2004 and nearly three times the overall rate of inflation.

In a 2016 survey, nearly two out of three marketers said that case studies are an effective method for winning more B2B clients.

The book is complex, for it is nearly three books in one: (a) a study of the three successive concepts of God Whitehead espoused in Process and Reality, vet even the last is ultimately incomplete, prompting the possibility of further developments beyond the text; (b) a survey of previous attempts to show that in one way or another that it is possible to prehend the divine life; (c) my own approach, which recognizes that God as consequent is imprehensible.

Nearly all of the family values studied in the survey received positive grades from the respondents — «opposition to abortion» was 27th on a very warmly received list (in fact, it fell just three places behind «helping your community or neighborhood»).

In a separate 2013 web study surveying 999 U.S. consumers, nearly half would be willing to drive up to 30 minutes to purchase a Certified Angus Beef brand offering at a restaurant and another 1 in 10 would travel longer.

Findings from the study were based off the survey results of nearly 65, 000 female Americans and 45, 000 male Americans.

A survey of 31,500 freshman undergraduate students at 114 different universities found that nearly 2 out of 5 students found it difficult to develop effective study skills and adjust to the academic demands of college.

Over the last two summers we collected nearly 10,000 surveys (camper, counselor, and parent) and observations at six different day and resident camps — including the three original camps and three additional camps that joined the study last summer.

A 2013 study in Brazil surveyed nearly 6,000 babies of all backgrounds for over 30 years in order to test the long term benefits of breastfeeding.

The study explores different perspectives on paternity leave, including a survey of more than 1,000 fathers from nearly 300 different organizations (primarily well - educated professionals); a benchmarking study of paternity leave policies at leading organizations; and a review of global paternity leave policies and practices, as well as U.S. states that have enacted laws to provide paid parental leave.

The 2015 Highway Assessment Survey for Erie County, the seventh comprehensive study done by the Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council, found that nearly 25 percent of all county roadways are rated as «poor.»

The young women were then surveyed about their beliefs regarding cancer and followed for nine months after receiving the first dose to determine vaccination series completion; nearly 350 women participated in the study.

The study was based on the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a national representative sample of nearly 9,000 youth between the ages of 12 and 16 who were tracked and interviewed annually until their early twenties.

The link between combat experience and later violent behaviour comes from a study by Deirdre MacManus at King's College London and her colleagues, who surveyed nearly 14,000 serving and former soldiers (doi.org/ktw).

One reason is that the tool used by nearly all studies in this field — surveys asking people to self - report their happiness on numerical scales — is cheap and easy to implement.

To do so, they analysed nearly 100,000 data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a 12 - year population survey conducted by the European Union to study the economic, social and health status of older pSurvey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a 12 - year population survey conducted by the European Union to study the economic, social and health status of older psurvey conducted by the European Union to study the economic, social and health status of older people.

The study found that of the nearly 3,800 young adults surveyed in 2009, 21 percent had health insurance for only part of the year while 27 percent were completely uninsured.

Although nearly three - quarters of women taking a recent survey had one or more risk factors for heart disease, a startlingly small proportion — just 16 percent — had actually been told by their doctors that these factors put them at risk for heart disease, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

McGregor says that in 2014 the UI, one of the participating universities, was allowed to add two questions to the nearly 200 - question survey: «Do you have any learning disabilities that affect how you read, study, or do your course work?»

In contrast to previous studies of access to care in Massachusetts that have relied on patient surveys, which the authors say may be subject to potential biases due to patient recall or other factors, the new study is one of the few to rely on objectively measured outcomes and was based on nearly every hospital admission occurring in Massachusetts and the comparison states for nearly two years before and two years after the reform was implemented.

The researchers studied the national survey responses related to auto ownership of more than 4,300 adult children matched to nearly 2,600 parents.

For example, one study surveyed over 40,000 adults and found that individuals who began drinking before age 14 developed alcohol dependence during their lifetime at nearly twice the rate as those who began drinking at age 21 or older.

Investigators studies responses from nearly 24,000 baby boomers included in the National Health Interview Survey.

To conduct the study, the researchers examined data from the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS), which collected survey data over a 15 - year period from nearly 10,000 young people, 10 to 23 years, living across the United Ststudy, the researchers examined data from the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS), which collected survey data over a 15 - year period from nearly 10,000 young people, 10 to 23 years, living across the United StStudy (GUTS), which collected survey data over a 15 - year period from nearly 10,000 young people, 10 to 23 years, living across the United States.

To study the prevalence of mental health distress among Mexican immigrants living illegally in high - risk areas (places that have strong opposition and punitive actions against immigrants living here illegally), the researchers surveyed nearly 260 people.

A multiyear study of nearly 2,400 surveyed subjects found that those who experienced negative life events reported better mental health and overall well - being than those who did not.

Late - summer water temperatures near the Florida Keys were warmer by nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last several decades compared to a century earlier, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Nearly 43 percent of high school students of driving age who were surveyed in 2011 reported texting while driving at least once in the past 30 days, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May 4, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

In their other study, Coulter and his team examined surveys completed by nearly 2,000 sexual - and gender - minority undergraduates from colleges in all 50 U.S. states.

He examined data from nearly 13,000 Americans who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a series of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States.

Nearly half of mammal species surveyed in a new study practice infanticide.

The study used the results from the health and behaviour survey Professor Lohi's group had previously conducted on nearly 6,000 cats, currently the most extensive cat behaviour database in the world.

One survey of studies comprising nearly 100,000 people found that aspirin therapy reduced the risk of cardiovascular events and stroke in women by 12 % and 17 %, respectively, but did not reduce the likelihood of a heart attack or early death.

The researchers surveyed nearly 6,300 adult men and women about their experiences with childhood emotional and physical abuse and followed the people in the study for 20 years.

PG - 13 films account for nearly two - thirds of the smoking scenes adolescents see on the big screen, according to the two - year study, which surveyed roughly 5,000 children ages 10 to 14 about the movies they'd seen and whether they'd ever tried a cigarette.

For the study, Mozaffarian and colleagues collected data on nearly 34,000 adults who took part in U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys between 1999 and 2012.

In fact, our recent study of 200 New Zealanders found that nearly half of those surveyed have experienced a «boomerang break up,» with 46 % reporting that they've had an ex-partner dump them, then beg for a second chance.

According to multiple surveys from couples who participate on swinging online, including a study conducted by Sex Search, nearly 73 % of all swinger relationships are initiated by the female partner.

In fact, our recent study of 535 Australian's found that nearly half of those surveyed have experienced a «boomerang break up,» with 48 % reporting that they've had an ex-partner dump them, then beg for a second chance.