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| The average young person keeps over £3,000 worth of possessions in their bedroom, according to a new survey. Insurance company AXA interviewed young people aged 8 to 16, and the parents in Manchester, Glasgow and Swansea, asking them to list their material possessions. The results indicate that young people's bedrooms now house valuables than practically any other room in the home... The survey found that 86% of young people have a TV in their room, with 58% owning a video and a third possessing a DVD player. Eight out of ten have their owm music system, and a quarter own a personal music player such as a CD Walkman. A quater of young people have a PC in their bedroom, and six out of ten own a mobile phone. It also claims that the average young person own £650 of designer clothes, sunglasses, watches and jewellery, and that parents are largely unaware of the value of their children's possessions. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| By the end of 2001 in Zambia, 13.44m children under the age of 15 had lost either their mother, father or both parents to Aids. By 2010, this figure is expected to jump to 25m. | |
| Young People | Baptist Times, January 22 2004. |
| Disabled charity Mencap has launched a new pack of help disabled young people complain about the services they use. The 'Listen Up' pack has been developed in response to the difficulties faced by young people with physical and learning disabilities in voicing the directing their concers about the care they receive. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that today's young people are heading for an adulthood of infertility, obesity and illness. In a new report, the organisation says that the next generation will be overweight, smoke and drink too much, and be more prone to mental illness. There will also be an increase in the spread of sexually transmitted disease, which is likely in turn to affect fertility rates... However, despite the worrying trends, schools and medical services are failing to take notice, the BMA reports claim. Very few medical consultants specialise in adolescents, with the majority focussing on the old and the very young. One of the few teen specialists, Dr Russell Viner of University College Hospital, told The Times that the lack of such services is 'a scandal'... Key statistics in the BMA report: The proportion of teenagers who are over weight rose by a fifth between 1994 and 1998, and that rise is thought to be continuing. Two out of five boys and three out of ten girls take too little excercise. By the age of 15, nearly one in four young people are smoking regularly. 24 per cent of young people aged 11-15 have had an alcoholic drink in the last week. One in ten girls may be infected with Chlamydia, a sexually-transmitted disease that can cause infertility; many will be unaware that they have contracted the disease. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| Young people's meaning of the word respect differs greatly to the government's, a recent study of 270 11 to 15 year olds revealed. Youngsters embarking on citizenship lessons at school expressed a desire to learn primarily about drugs, personal safety and respect. | |
| Young People | Youthwork Nov 2003 |
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