The phrase "in percentage points" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a change in a given measurement, such as a change in a financial index or the growth of a population. For example, "The unemployment rate fell by 1.2 percentage points last month."
Exactly the same difference in percentage points that they found among the general population.
As a tie-breaker, include the winning candidate's share of the vote in percentage points.
The chart below shows the difference, in percentage points, between the new quarterly estimates and the bureau's prior estimate.
Here, from the CBO report, are the changes, in percentage points, of the shares of income going to three groups.
"This is going to be an extremely close election," said Mr. Wilson, disregarding recent polls showing that Mr. Corzine's double-digit lead in percentage points is widening.
S.& P. 500 -- The amount, in percentage points, by which the company's performance trailed or exceeded the stock index during fiscal 2000.
To be sure, the government would salivate over the prospect of tax revenue from MLB contracts so large they can be measured in percentage points of Cuba's GDP.
As sceptics like to point out, his formidable popularity rating, in percentage points, almost matches the price of oil, in dollars per barrel (now about $74).
S.& P. 500 -- The amount, in percentage points, by which the company's performance trailed or exceeded the stock index during the period through the end of the company's 1999 fiscal year.
While the gains reported were incremental, measured in percentage points and weeks of added survival, the experts said the gains could change the standard of medical practice for certain cancers.
Each of the charts has a different range, but the same spread between the top and the bottom, so that a move of a given size represents the same gain or loss in percentage points.
