Level of education parents view as needed for their children to achieve their goals, 2015

This statistic shows the percentage of parents in various countries that considered an undergraduate or masters degree to be necessary for their children to achieve their goals in life in 2015. In India, 91 percent of parents felt an undergraduate degree was necessary for their children to achieve their life goals.

Level of education parents consider necessary for children to achieve their goals in 2015, by country

Characteristic	Master's degree or higher	Undergraduate degree or higher
India	88%	91%
United Arab Emirates	80%	92%
Mexico	69%	96%
Indonesia	67%	96%
Malaysia	65%	92%
Turkey	64%	93%
Brazil	63%	89%
China	52%	97%
Average	50%	79%
France	46%	60%
Hong Kong	40%	85%
Singapore	40%	90%
Taiwan	37%	84%
United States	31%	60%
Canada	24%	48%
Australia	14%	48%
United Kingdom	14%	48%

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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.

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