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"He/she is young, is 21, and has 15 or more years of schooling. Who are the parents? The question apparently may not make sense. But the most common answer, found by a study to be presented on Friday, still points that this boy or girl is a child of a couple with a similar level of education. If parents have fewer qualifications, then it is more likely that this youngster has been able to go against this social determinant with more reading, study and sport during adolescence. And is more likely to be a girl."

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"The so-called risk behaviors, such as school suspensions, belonging to a gang, involvement in physical fights or convictions, are generally more frequent among young people with less education and whose parents also completed few years of study. However, there is a case where young people with more years of schooling and whose parents have more qualifications stand out: the consumption of hashish or marijuana. At 21, almost 49% of these surveyed young people assumed to have already consumed such substances, when only 29% of those with less education had done so.

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"The girls study more and try to escape the fate. Boys put themselves at risk and get involved in politics. A study of 3000 young people of both sexes born in the 90s in Oporto, shows that fado has many shades but is still painted in dark."

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"For the first time they go against the social destiny. For the first time parents' education does not determine the education of their children. 64.7% of young people already have a degree or are in higher education, while 20 to 22% of parents have a university degree. For one of the study coordinators, these young people go against destiny."