Children in Northern Ireland twice as likely to pray

[Dave Roberts]

Children in Northern Ireland are twice as likely to pray regularly as children in other parts of the UK, according to a new survey. The survey by CBBC’s Newsround found that 57 per cent of children in Northern Ireland prayed most days, whereas the UK average was only 22 per cent.

The results also showed that 47 per cent of Northern Irish children want to do well at school and make their parents happy, compared with 34 per cent across the UK. Sixty-three per cent of children in Northern Ireland said that some children in their school were very badly behaved and made it difficult to learn, compared with 54 per cent across the UK.

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