A study by the Medical Research Council's social and public health sciences unit at Glasgow University compared two groups of 15-year-olds from the same area of Glasgow, one in 1987 and the second in 1999.
The study showed that the number of girls hanging around the street on most days has risen from 30 per cent to 37 per cent, while it has reduced by 10 per cent to 39 per cent for boys. Going to clubs and discos has also increased by around a fifth for both genders. It is suggested that this could be why more girls are also smoking, drinking and taking drugs.
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