Goals parents consider most important for their children, 2015

This statistic shows the goals parents across various countries considered to be the most important for their children, as of April 2015. To 'be happy in life' was considered the most important goal for parents with an average of 64 percent of parents ranking it among the top 3 most important. In France, 86 percent ranked the same goal in the top 3.

Goals parents hold most important for their children by country in 2015

Characteristic	Be happy in life	Lead a healthy lifestyle	Earn enough to enjoy a comfortable life	Be successful in their career	Fulfil their potential
France	86	21	60	29	26
Canada	78	33	41	24	45
United Kingdom	77	27	39	17	50
Australia	77	34	41	17	40
United States	72	33	38	21	40
Mexico	65	21	20	52	32
China	63	72	16	15	26
Brazil	62	30	35	32	13
Taiwan	61	57	41	17	29
Singapore	61	32	33	36	37
United Arab Emirates	60	29	20	43	15
Hong Kong	58	39	43	19	33
Indonesia	56	13	30	41	29
Turkey	52	55	32	26	13
Malaysia	52	26	35	45	14
India	49	33	22	51	17

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Release date

July 2015

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March and April 2015

Number of respondents

5,550 parents

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on those collected from Ipsos MORI for HSBC.

Interviews were conducted in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US.

Parents were asked to rank the 5 goals shown. The percentage shown is the share of parents that ranked that goal in the top 3.

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