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Family Survey

Media 'Underplays' Achievements Of Hard Working Students

Frustrated parents and teachers think the real level of academic achievement by young people in schools and colleges is being overlooked because of claims in the media that good pass rates are the result of easier exams, not hard work. And many students say such claims make them feel annoyed, disappointed, worried and even inferior.
Family Survey

Attitudes towards Long-Term Care (Toplines)

Q1 At present, elderly people with assets (that is savings and capital, including the value of their home) worth less than 16311,500 receive free personal care. Elderly people with assets worth between 16311,500 and 16318,500 pay for some of the costs their personal care, and those with assets worth more than 16318,500 pay for all of it themselves.
Thinking about the personal care needs of elderly people in nursing and residential homes, which, if any, of the options on this card comes closest to your personal opinion?
Family Survey

Children's Diets Seriously Short On Fruit And Veg

A MORI poll commissioned by The Cancer Research Campaign and the supermarket chain, Iceland, discovered that between five and six per cent of the children questioned had either eaten no fruit or no vegetables in the previous seven days.
Family Survey

'Watch Without Mother' - Two Million Kids Set To Nuke Away Their Half-Term Playing Computer Games

Over two million British kids are most likely to spend their free time time playing computer games according to a new survey commissioned by make-believer, the toy manufacturer which brings the virtual world and the creative world together.
Family Survey

New Survey Shatters Stereotypes Of Potential Adopters

A new MORI survey, commissioned by BAAF, reveals that 1 in 4 people (24%) have considered or would consider adopting in the future. The research reveals that amongst those most likely to adopt, single and co-habiting couples are more likely to consider adopting in the future than married couples, families are twice as likely as childless households and black people are twice as likely as their white counterparts to consider adoption.
Family Survey

BAAF Calls For Changes To Outdated Adoption Law Barring Unmarried Couples From Adopting

New MORI research commissioned by BAAF shows that 68% of people believe unmarried couples in stable long-term relationships should be eligible to adopt jointly
Family Survey

UK Youth Too Busy To 'Get Physical'

New research shows that, like their parents, today's children lead hectic lives and leave exercise at the bottom of a long list of 'things to do'
Family Survey

British Kids Say Parents Are To Blame For Couch Potato Lifestyle

More than half (61%) of British teenagers think they don't spend enough time being active with their family according to a new survey published today. Most young people blame their parents for their family's inactivity with a third of them citing their parents' lack of time as the reason.
Family Survey

Study Shows Debt As A Recipe For Family Friction

New Research Reveals Conflict In Families Between Saving And Debt - And Highlights Problem Of Britain's Debt Culture