{"id":2401,"date":"2014-08-26T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T12:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2014-08-26T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T12:29:56","slug":"more-than-half-of-18-to-24-year-olds-failed-the-test-of-britishness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/more-than-half-of-18-to-24-year-olds-failed-the-test-of-britishness\/","title":{"rendered":"More than half of 18 to 24-year-olds failed the test of Britishness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research by YouGov found that more than half of 18 to 24-year-olds and more than a third of 25 to 39-year-olds failed the test of their Britishness.<\/p>\n<p>Although they will not face exile as a result, the figures showed just how difficult it is to achieve the test\u2019s 75 per cent pass mark. However, the vast majority of those aged 60 and over \u2013 92 per cent \u2013 passed, along with 78 per cent of 40 to 59-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>5% of the British candidates thought Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave was a famous British author, 2% thought Hawaii belonged to the UK, while one per cent thought National Insurance paid for home deliveries from supermarkets. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/more-than-half-of-young-people-fail-britishness-test-9684445.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/forums\/\" target=\"_blank\">JOIN THE CONVERSATION<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research by YouGov found that more than half of 18 to 24-year-olds and more than a third of 25 to 39-year-olds failed the test of their Britishness. 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