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Street dwellers are 35 times more likely to commit suicide than those with roofs over their heads.
Social Issues	Joy – December 2005



There are only three official refuges for runaways in the UK with a total of 10 beds – one for every 10,000 children who run away. Government funding for two of these refuges ends in March 2006.
Social Issues	Christian Herald – 15th October 2005



There are 59,000 children in care in England at any one time, with approximately 10,000 moving on each year as they reach the age of 16.
Social Issues	The Herald – November 2005



Asylum seekers do not swamp the UK. After years of anti-asylum press stories, British people believe, according to a recent Mori poll, that the UK has 23% of the world’s refugees. The real figure is below 2%. Britain is 32nd in the worldwide league table of countries taking asylum seekers.
Social Issues	New Frontiers – September – December 2005



In a new report A Home For All? The organisation reports that 47% of residents in its hostels were ready to move into accommodation if it were available. They were prevented from moving because of affordable housing.
Social Issues	The War Cry – 17th September 2005



80% of women want to maintain their figure while pregnant.
Social Issues	The Independent – 5th September 2005



A survey by magazine Top Sante, suggested that 95% of women felt unhappy with their bodies.
Social Issues	The Independent – 5th September 2005



60% of alcohol consumed by women in their twenties is drunk in binges.
Social Issues	The Independent – 3rd September 2005



The proportion of women aged 18 to 49 who are married has declined continuously since 1979, from almost three-quarters (74%) to less than one half (49%) in 2002. During this same period, the proportion of single women has more than doubled from 18% in 1979 to 38% in 2002.
Social Issues	The Church of England Newspaper – 9th September 2005



Bereavement is a common and sometimes life defining experience for young people. One study has found that as many as 92% of young people in the UK will experience what they see as significant bereavement before the age of 16. Between 4 and 7% will lose a parent.
Social Issues	Young people bereavement and loss - 2005



The number of abortions carried out in England and Wales increased by almost 4,000 last year. Figures from the Department of Health showed that 185,400 abortions were performed on women living in England and Wales in 2004 – a rise of 2.1% from 181,600 in 2003.
Social Issues	The Universe – 31st July 2005



Approximately a quarter of runaways in the UK each year some 20-000 children are under the age of 11. The average age of a runaway in the UK is 14, in India it is 9 or 10. One quarter of runaways in the UK will sleep in unsafe places putting themselves at serious risk of harm. In the UK around one in 14 children who run away will survive through stealing, begging, drug dealing and prostitution.
Social Issues	The Sentinel – 4th July 2005



Most cases of arranged marriages involve women with some girls as young as 13. Although experts suggest up to 15% of cases may involve men marrying against their will.
Social Issues	The Sentinel – 13th July 2005



Some 6% of teenage schoolchildren claim to have carried a gun in the past year with one in 10 admitting to having carried a knife. The study of 11 to 15 year olds also found as many as one in 10 of the boys said they had carried a real or replica gun in the last 12 months.
Social Issues	The Sentinel – 4th July 2005



In the year to April 2004 there were about 300 suspected cases of forced marriages in the UK and about 200 young people were rescued after approaching the authorities.
Social Issues	The Sentinel – 13th July 2005

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