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| Thousands of bird brained British children think that cows lay eggs. The poll by Dairy Farmers of Britain also revealed the belief bacon comes from sheep. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 28th February 2007 |
| When asked who they most admire, six times more teenagers said their mother and three times more their father, than those who said they admire pop stars or sports personalities. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – March 2007 |
| 30.5% of young people have been drunk two or more times. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – April 2007 |
| 35.8% of children have been bullied in the past two months. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – April 2007 |
| A whole generation of motorists could become uninsurable if the death and injury rate for young drivers is not slowed, it was claimed today. Fatalities and serious injuries to 15-25 year old drivers and riders total 35 each day. Young people could be completely priced out of the insurance market if nothing is done to lower the rate, warned Co-operative Insurance. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - March 19th 2007 |
| Road crashes are the biggest killer of 15-24 year olds. A third of young people aged 15-24 have driven or been a passenger in a road race. One young driver or passenger is killed or seriously injured every hour on UK roads. A third have driven without a licence. One in three has been a passenger in a car driven by a driver on drinks or drugs. One in five drive after drinking alcohol. Almost one in tem drive on illegal drugs. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – January 2007 |
| Almost three quarters of children have given their email address a photograph of themselves or phone number to a stranger online. A survey of 1,000 children showed 73% handed over the information. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 11th December 2006 |
| Forty two hours a week is roughly the period for which a working person would claim a full time salary. Astonishingly, this is how much time four out of five children under the age of six spend watching TV. This equates to over 91 full days a year! | |
| Young People | Direction – November 2006 |
| Only 13% of motor vehicle licence holders are aged 25 or younger, yet 29% of motor vehicle drivers killed belonged to this age group. Statistics show that an 18 year old driver is more than three times as likely to be involved in a crash as a 48 year old, and one in five new drivers is involved in a crash during their first year on the road. Like young drivers, young passengers are at greater risk. In 2004, 565 care passengers were killed; 318 of them, more than half, were aged 16-29. | |
| Young People | The War Cry – 11th November 2006 |
| One in four young people in the West Midlands have been in, or know someone who has been in, an accident at night in the last three years, according to new research from leading car insurer MORE TH>N. Despite representing only 10 per cent of the total driving population, statistics show that young car drivers are involved in over a quarter (28 per cent) of all UK accidents where a driver is killed or injured. | |
| Young People | More Than – August 2006 |
| Children would rather get muddy outdoors with their friends than play computer games, a survey has shown. Playing outside instead of on the computer was picked by 86% of children in the poll and 72% said they wish they could get the chance more often. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 2nd August 2006 |
| Prospective fathers would prefer their children to become successful in business rather than find fame at soccer or pop music. The poll of 500 expectant dads found that most wanted their sons or daughters to go into industry. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 20th April 2006 |
| This year, 750,000 children are likely to face violence before they even walk out of their front door. | |
| Young People | Barnardo's - May 2006 |
| Young people are unable to carry out basic household tasks such as wiring plugs or sewing a hem. Nearly half of people aged under 30 would struggle to wallpaper a room, while 27% could not sew a hem and 26% do not know how to wire a plug. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 11th April 2006 |
| According to research, young people will spend an average of £4,320 each on ringtones over the next 15 years. A poll of over 1,000 mobile phone users aged 10-25 revealed that girls are most hooked on the ringtone craze, with 85% downloading them regularly, often at prices around £3. Girls aged 10-14 are in the habit most regularly, with two out of the three of them downloading at least six tones a month. | |
| Young People | Youth Work – December 2005 |
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