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| Over 50% of women jailed have suffered domestic abuse and one in three has experienced sexual abuse. Two years ago, the average female prison population was 1,611, but in September this year, the number has risen to 4,420. | |
| Crime | The Church of England Newspaper - 5th November 2004 |
| Lothian is the only other Scottish health board to offer underage girls free morning after pills and condoms and teenage pregnancy rates there have soared above the national average since the project's start. Girls aged 13 - 15 are 14% more likely to get pregnant than their counterparts elsewhere in Scotland. Before the scheme was introduced, pregnancy rates were only 3% above the national average. | |
| Sex | The Universe - 7th November 2004 |
| The US divorce rate is 4.95 per 1,000 of the total population, followed by Puerto Rico with 4.47, and Russia with 3.36, while Britain has a rate of 3.08. | |
| Family | The Baptist Times - 28th October 2004 |
| The Reachout Trust which offers advice to people regarding occult and religious cults, has reported a huge growth in the number of enquiries received from the public. Following a 23% increase in calls in 2002/2003, Reachout is this year reporting a further 29% increase, amounting to nearly 2,000 calls a month. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 30th October 2004 |
| When asked why they supported the President's re-election a third (35%) of Americans cite his leadership, a third (29%) his character, while only a fifth (19%) cite his politics. Among Kerry supporters, 43% say they support him because he is not George Bush. | |
| Politics | The Church of England Newspaper - 29th October 2004 |
| Hindus, Muslim and Buddhist migrants made up 22% of all recent immigrants. However over 48% of recent migrants claimed to be Christian. And if one examines longstanding migrants then the number who profess to be Christian is 67%. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Briefing - November 2004 |
| The Times recorded earlier this year that, for the first time, the number of regular worshippers in mosques in Britain (about 930,000 Muslims) has outstripped the number of regular worshippers in the Church of England (about 916,000). | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Briefing - November 2004 |
| Catholics in Northern Ireland are twice as likely to be out of work as Protestants, official figures show. The 8.1% unemployment rate for Catholics compares with 4.3% among Protestants, a Statistics and Research Agency Labour Force survey shows. In 2002 Protestants aged over 16 accounted for 57.4% of the population while Catholics made up 42.6%. But the percentage of Catholics in unemployment in that year was 41.2% compared to 58.8% of Protestants. | |
| Work/Employment | The Universe - 14th November 2004 |
| Figures produced by the Scottish Churches Housing Action Group show that the total homeless applications to local authorities was 50,917 in the year 2002-03. Of these numbers some 12,608 came from the Glasgow area, which is almost one for every 22 households in the city. | |
| Social Issues | Scottish Catholic Observer - 29th October 2004 |
| Research shows the number of people in the UK over 65 will rise by 81% over the next five decades from 9.3 million to 16.8 million. The number in the 85 plus age group, the most likely to need nursing, residential or home care is now expected to rise from 1.1 million in 2000 to 4 million in 2051. | |
| Health | The Universe - 31st October 2004 |
| Recent research by marketing company Tickbox showed that young people have more faith in mysticism - which includes Kabbalah - than in the Church and the Bible. It found that nearly two thirds of 18 to 24 year olds believe in the power of horoscopes, also seen as mysticism, compared to just over a third who swear by the Bible. And while over 45s said they remain loyal to the Bible, with 71% saying they believed in it, half of those under 45 prefer giving credence to astrology. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 8th November 2004 |
| A survey by the Australian Community Broadcasting Association found that more than 7 million Australians, or 45% of people aged over 15, listen to Community Radio in a typical month. 3.7 million Australians or 24% of people aged over 15 listen to Community Radio in a typical week, and they listen for an average of 7.7 hours. | |
| Entertainment | Airflash - issue 84 - 3 - 2004 |
| Over 28,000 children have been abducted since the war in Uganda began in 1986, 12,000 in the last two years alone. | |
| Disasters/War | Faith for Life - November 2004 |
| 45% of all Pakistanis do not have access to basic healthcare. | |
| Health | Faith for Life - November 2004 |
| The survey of more than 700 mums of children under two years old highlights the way in which they are torn between their baby's need to explore and their own need to protect. 81% of mums encourage their babies to explore their environment, with 48% agreeing that you can't wrap them in cotton wool. Yet 37% remain worried about their baby picking up infections, and less than 1% went as far as to say that children need some germs to help their system or you can be too clean. | |
| Health | The War Cry - 13th November 2004 |
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