I spotted this over on Dylan’s blog, go check it out: As with many infographics this data is based from America, but it has much to apply to the UK situation. Some key points 1. Use of technology - 75% on a social networking site and 20% having posted a video. This is a generation [...]
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The Millennials
Posted by Chris on January 9, 2012
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2012/01/09/the-millennials/
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
The annual report on the state of poverty and social exclusion in the UK, from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute has recently been published: Key points In the year to 2009/10, the child poverty rate fell to 29%, the second fall in two years. Child poverty fell by around one-seventh under [...]
Posted by Chris on December 5, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/05/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion/
Divorcing Couple Ordered by Judge to Swap Facebook Passwords
Dividing homes, cars, and kids in a divorce is oh-so-last year. The new trend in divorce today is handing over each other’s Facebook passwords. That’s what a judge in Connecticut has ordered: At the end of September, Judge Kenneth Shluger ordered that the attorneys for Stephen and Courtney Gallion exchange “their client’s Facebook and dating [...]
Posted by Chris on November 24, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/24/divorcing-couple-ordered-by-judge-to-swap-facebook-passwords/
7 Billion: Are You Typical?
Interesting video from National Geographic on the typical person as the population passes 7 Billion:
Posted by Chris on November 22, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/22/7-billion-are-you-typical/
Deeper problems lie behind jobless youth
An interesting article on Deeper problems lie behind jobless youth in the Financial Times, here’s some snippets: Youth unemployment is a problem which, while not as severe as the headline rate implies, encompasses some intractable difficulties. The 1.02m figure is a record but comparable data go back only to 1992. It was worse in the 1980s and more [...]
Posted by Chris on November 17, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/17/deeper-problems-lie-behind-jobless-youth/
Why are young people still staying away from church?
The Barna Group and David Kinnaman continue to share findings from their five-year project surveying young people and young adults on their reasons for disconnecting from the Church. In particular, the study looked at those youth who had been active in church but are no longer. The focus is on American participants but there are many correlations to the situation [...]
Posted by Chris on November 16, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/16/why-are-young-people-still-staying-away-from-church/
Books I have read: The Suburban Christian
I met Albert Hsu at Cape Town 2010 (The Third Lausanne Congress) and following some conversations around the development of suburbia and theology I picked up his book The Suburban Christian: Finding Spiritual Vitality in the Land of Plenty. Suburban Christianity is something that needs to be studied further, however this book ended up as a relatively academic study [...]
Posted by Chris on November 13, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/13/books-i-have-read-the-suburban-christian/
7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?
Fascinating video that shows how we went from 0.3 billion people to 7 billion in 1000 years:
Posted by Chris on November 11, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/11/7-billion-how-did-we-get-so-big-so-fast/
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