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Table 10 How mental health problems contribute to other childhood problems (Children aged 5-16)

From: Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics

Percentage who:

Children with:

 

Emotional disorders

Conduct disorders

No disorder

play truant

16

22

3

have ever been excluded from school

12

34

4

smoke regularly (age 11–16)

19

30

5

ever used hard drugs (age 11–16)

6

12

1

have ever self-harmed*

19

18

2

  1. Sources: ONS Survey of child mental health: Green et al (2005). * Parent’s report.