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

Figure 3.22 shows the percentage of students reporting high levels of emotional problems based on how easy it is for them to talk to their mother, by gender. The graph shows that 49% of boys who find it very difficult to talk to their mother report high levels of emotional problems, compared to 34% of boys who find it difficult, 21% of boys who find it easy, 23% of boys who find it very easy, and 34% of boys who do not see their mother. On the same question, 66% of girls who find it very difficult to talk to their mother report high levels of emotional problems, compared to 59% of girls who find it difficult, 38% of girls who find it easy, 29% of girls who find it very easy, and 51% of girls who do not see their mother.

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