3.20 Students reporting high levels of emotional problems by ease of talking to father, by gender (%)

Figure 3.20 shows the percentage of students reporting high levels of emotional problems based on how easy it is for them to talk to their father, by gender. The graph shows that 45% of boys who find it very difficult to talk to their fathers report high levels of emotional problems, compared to 31% of boys who find it difficult, 19% of boys who find it easy, 23% of boys who find it very easy, and 32% of boys who do not see their father. On the same question, 58% of girls who find it very difficult to talk to their father report high levels of emotional problems, compared to 44% of girls who find it difficult, 29% of girls who find it easy, 32% of girls who find it very easy, and 48% of girls who do not see their father.

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