The research, conducted by the University of Bristol and the NSPCC, builds upon the authors’ 2009 report, which questioned young people in school about their relationships.
The latest research aimed to reach more vulnerable teenagers who were not in mainstream education, some of whom had been permanently excluded from school, were young offenders or teenage mothers.
It concluded that girls from more disadvantaged backgrounds were almost twice as likely to experience violence in their relationships as the girls surveyed in schools.
Researchers conducted interviews with 82 young people aged between 13 and 18, 44 boys and 38 girls, from a range of agencies and organisations working with disadvantaged young people across south west England.
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