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It varies, it is between 7-10% of the population

AnswerThere are a lot of different answers to this, believe it or not, because the people doing the studies generally look at one age group (or very few different groups). Way back when, all kids in school were encouraged to use their right hand for writing - even to the point that they got punished sometimes. It's much more common for kids and young adults to be left-handed now because of this reason.

Also, it depends on what you call "left-handed". Does that mean you write with it? What if you write with the left and do everything else, like play the guitar and throw baseballs with the right? There's a few people out there that only use their left hand for writing and it feels more natural to use the right for nearly everything else. (The opposite of that is also true.)

For a number, though, when taking into account old people and young, the number is usually right around 7%. When looking at schools now, it is usually working out to right around 10%. I've actually noticed this... Usually high school (just a few years ago) there were about three left-handers in the class, me and two others, when class size was about 30 people.

I know there's a lot here, and it was a simple question, but I figured I'd try to open your mind a little.

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