Basic Skills and Social Exclusion - Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Teenagers' relationship with parents and friends at 16 by reading level and social exclusionrisk at age 10High risk Low risk High risk Low riskGids poor readers poor readers good readers good readersTotalParents hardly ever 37 27 24 16asked where theywere going18Parents showed 42 31 21 19disapproval of somefnends23Smoked cigarettes 42 36 27 2527Watched TV for 30 19 19 124+ hours14Read for 1+ hours 31 39 45 5149Not talk about health 20 13 9 5concerns with anyonelad sex 81 71 64 58661Used unreliable 59 46 46 40contraception42ONLY used unreliable 29 18 16 15contraception16