Participation in voluntary activities at least once a month: by age, England, 2005
• Nearly half of adults aged 16 and over in England participated in some form of volunteering activity in 2005. Over two-thirds participated in an informal voluntary activity. (Page 180)
• Around half (49 per cent) of children aged 8 to 11 owned a mobile phone in the UK in 2005, compared with four-fifths (82 per cent) of children aged 12 to 15. (Page 172)
• Between January and April 2006, 42 per cent of adults aged 16 and over in Great Britain had purchased something online in the previous 12 months. (Page 174) Latest information on internet access
• UK residents made a record 44.2 million holiday trips abroad in 2005; 43 per cent were package holidays, down from 53 per cent in 2001. (Page 174) Latest information on international travel
• Over half of children and young people aged 5 to 17 in England enjoyed reading 'very much' or 'quite a lot' in 2005. (Page 177)
• In 2005/06, 80 per cent of pupils in School Sports Partnership (SSP) schools in England took part in two or more hours of high quality physical education and school sport each week, an increase of 11 percentage points since 2004/05. (Figure 13.14)
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