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Research into child abuse found that babies under 12 months have a 54 in 100,000 chance of being reabused when returned home after initial abuse. Ages 1 to 4 have a 9.2 in 100,000 chance and ages 5 to 13 have a 0.47 chance in 100,000.
Social Issues	The Times - 19th August 2004



Gambling websites are being used by children as young as 11, a recent report reveals
Social Issues	Youthwork - October 2004



Parents will soon be able to track their child's whereabouts 24 hours a day. The Wherify Watch, a satelite tracking device is fastened to the wrist and can only be removed via computer. It has a built in speaker and a panic button for both children and parents that alerts local police. The satelite signal is accurate within 100 yards.
Social Issues	Youthwork - October 2004



A survey in 1999 revealed 14.5 million people - 26% of the population in Britain were living in poverty. Last year 3.6 million children - 28% were living in income poverty in comparison with 1.9 million - 14% in 1979. 37.4% of children were living in a poor household last year. Last year 20% of single pensioners were poor.
Social Issues	Scottish Catholic Observer - 17th September 2004



Nearly half of today's adult population is unmarried. 35% of adult church attenders are single. Only 20% of churches have any regular organised programme for singles.
Social Issues	Christian Irishman - October 2004



Figures released by ChildLine showed a 42% increase from last year in the number of children counselled by the charity about bullying. The rise is the biggest annual increase in the charity's 18 year history. More than 31,000 children and young people spoke to a ChildLine counsellor about bullying last year, a figure increased from just over 21,000 during the previous 12 months.
Social Issues	The Baptist Times - 2nd September 2004



Out of 200 Christians 30 per cent spent ten hours or more reading Chrisitian books each month with secular book reading accounting for just 18 per cent. TV is more addictive for Christians with 41 per cent watching between 20-40 hours each month, according to a survey carried out at the Christian Resources Exhibition.
Social Issues	Direction - September 2004



A survey of 2,357 Jewish parents found that some did not always even have two pieces of bread and some sort of filling at home to give their children for the morning break in school.
Social Issues	Prophecy Today - Septmeber/October 2004



Symptoms of slow- The number of downshifters in Europe will rise from 12 million in 2002 to over 16 million by 2007 (Datamonitor survey); The Slow Food movement now has 78,000 members in over 50 countries; The Slow Cities movement is transforming more than 30 towns in Italy into oases of calm, and three UK towns are joining up; Residents have banded together to turn 80 neighbourhoods in Britain into Home Zones that put pedestrians before traffic; Japenese architects now design buildings to help people slow down; The desire to slow down is inspiring millions to take up traditional hobbies like gardening, painting, reading and knitting; Go getting companies worldwide are trying to help staff achieve a work-life balance; Many countries are moving away from the drill and skill approach to education to make room for what one American professor called Slow Schooling; A survey in Fortune Magazine in 1989 found that 75 per cent of working Americans aged 25-49 wanted to see our country return to a simpler lifestyle, with less emphasis on material success.
Social Issues	Families Together - Summer 2004



A survey carried out at the Christian Resources Exhibition found that out of the 200 people surveyed, 30 per cent spent ten hours or more reading Christian books each month, with secular book reading accounting for just 18 per cent of readers spending over ten hours of their time in this way. 41 per cent watched between 20-40 hours of TV each month, with only around half that figure - 21 per cent spending the same amount of time reading the Bible.
Social Issues	Direction - September 2004



Home alone teenagers are running up an annual repair bills of £134 million while parents are away according to new figures. 46 per cent are caused by children taking advantage of absent parents. 58 per cent has ended up in damage to property or possessions. 21 per cent are only too happy to cover up the damage and 67 per cent have passed the buck and blamed friends for the damage.
Social Issues	The Times - 12th August 2004



In 1980 a search of 300 UK newspapers did not find a single reference to the word self-esteem. It found three by 1986. By 1990 this figure rose to 103. A decade later there were a staggering 3,328 references. Similar figures apply for words like trauma, stress, syndrome and counselling.
Social Issues	Evangelicals Now - August 2004



According to the Christian Medical Fellowship, some 22,119 babies aged 13 weeks or over were aborted in England and Wales in 2002.
Social Issues	The Church of England Newspaper - 8th July 2004



Home Office figures show that police officers in England and Wales carried out 2,989 stop and searches on Asians in 2002/03 under the Terrorism Act. The number of searches on black people also rose by 230 per cent from 529 to 1,745, while the number of whites stopped more than doubled from 6,629 to 14,429.
Social Issues	The Universe - 11th July 2004



A study of teenage pregnancies between 1999 and 2001 found that 44 per cent of pregnant girls aged 15-17 chose to abort their babies.
Social Issues	The Universe - 11th July 2004

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