Figure 4 shows the percentage of students who find it easy or very easy to talk to same-sex friends about things that really bother them, by grade and gender. The graph shows that 67% of Grade 6 boys find it easy or very easy to talk to same-sex friends, compared to 71% of Grade 7 boys, 72% of Grade 8 boys, 72% of Grade 9 boys, and 75% of Grade 10 boys. On the same question, 83% of Grade 6 girls find it easy or very easy to talk to same-sex friends, compared to 87% of Grade 7 girls, 86% of Grade 8 girls, 86% of Grade 9 girls, and 86% of Grade 10 girls.