OUTLOOK-GfK MODE OPINION POLL
81% 13-year-olds don’t want to be in their parents’
profession
We pontificate about them, get anxious about them, and live our dreams
vicariously through them. But how often do we get the news directly from the minds of thirteen-year-olds?
| How do you spend your free time? | |||||
| Watching television | 34 | ||||
| Playing games | 21 | ||||
| Spend time with parents/brother/sister | 17 | ||||
| Cooking/doing household work | 10 | ||||
| Spend time with friends | 9 | ||||
| Playing computer games | 5 | ||||
| Surfing internet/chatting | 2 | ||||
| Go to theatre to watch a movie | 1 | ||||
| Go to a gymnasium | 1 | ||||
| Which outdoor game do you like the most? | |||||
| Cricket | 40 | ||||
| Running | 15 | ||||
| Football | 10 | ||||
| Badminton | 10 | ||||
| Tennis | 6 | ||||
| Don’t play outdoor games | 10 | ||||
| None of above | 9 | ||||
| What influences you the most? | |||||
| Metro | Town | Vil | |||
| Books | 45 | 24 | 41 | 72 | |
| TV | 36 | 50 | 40 | 17 | |
| Films | 12 | 17 | 12 | 8 | |
| Internet | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| Do you want to be in the same profession as your parents? | |||||
| Yes | No | Won't Work | |||
| 17 | 81 | 2 | |||
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| If not, what are the reasons? | |||||
| Doesn’t interest me | 28 | ||||
| Very little money | 19 | ||||
| No job satisfaction | 6 | ||||
| Want to do own thing | 47 | ||||
| Which career option interests you the most? | |||||
| All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
| Computer Engineering | 20 | 8 | 36 | 16 | |
| Medicine | 16 | 11 | 18 | 21 | |
| Business Mgmt/Own Business | 9 | 18 | 2 | 6 | |
| Teaching | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |
| Airline Pilot | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Fashion designing/ modelling | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| Housewife/ working at home | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Army/Navy/ Airforce | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Acting | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Chartered Accountancy | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Social work | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Law | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Advertising | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Civil Service | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Builder/ Contractor | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Filmmaking | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Investment Banking | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Politics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
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29% prefer to talk to friends, not parents, about their problems |
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35% consider their computer to be their proudest possession |
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Book-loving village-dwellers, devoutly religious city-slickers, PC-proud midtowners... all of them shared something of their lives. Their aspirations and idols, their favourite pastimes, their hopes for their country.... This is the story of being a teenager in today’s India, straight from the foal’s mouth. |
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| Do you have friends from the other gender? | |||||
| Yes | No | NR | |||
| 38 | 61 | 1 | |||
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Those who said “yes” |
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| Boys | 39 | ||||
| Girls | 38 | ||||
| Metro | 48 | ||||
| Town | 34 | ||||
| Village | 33 | ||||
| Do you believe in God? | |||||
| Yes | No | ||||
| 96 | 4 | ||||
| How often do you pray and visit religious places? | |||||
| Metro | Town | Vil | |||
| Every day | 44 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Once a week | 25 | 51 | 50 | ||
| Once a month | 11 | 27 | 13 | ||
| Only on festival days | 20 | 13 | 11 | ||
| Very rarely | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Never | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Who is your role model? | |||||
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| All | Boys | Girls | |||
| M.S. Dhoni | 10 | 13 | 7 | ||
| Katrina Kaif | 9 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | 9 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Akshay Kumar | 7 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Aishwarya Rai | 7 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Rahul Gandhi | 7 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Dr Manmohan Singh | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Sania Mirza | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Amitabh Bachchan | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Shahrukh Khan | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Other | 29 | 30 | 26 | ||
| What qualities of your role model do you like? | |||||
| All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
| Honesty | 44 | 33 | 17 | 83 | |
| Intelligence | 27 | 36 | 15 | 31 | |
| Diligence & hard work | 26 | 14 | 29 | 34 | |
| Good looks & personality | 26 | 39 | 20 | 17 | |
| Kindness | 21 | 19 | 10 | 33 | |
| Bravery & spirit of adventure | 21 | 17 | 32 | 14 | |
| Money & power | 21 | 26 | 2 | 35 | |
| Friendliness | 19 | 26 | 3 | 27 | |
| Modesty | 14 | 19 | 1 | 21 | |
| Sense of humour | 13 | 10 | 7 | 21 | |
| What’s the one thing about yourself that you would like to change? | |||||
| All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
| The way I look | 22 | 13 | 18 | 38 | |
| Parents to be more understanding | 22 | 27 | 24 | 15 | |
| Grow up fast and start earning | 20 | 28 | 16 | 16 | |
| Less pressure to perform in school | 13 | 17 | 16 | 6 | |
| Spend more time with parents | 12 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |
| Have more time of my own | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Be more popular in my age group | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Be more attractive to other gender | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Don’t know/Can’t say | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
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| Methodology: Outlook-GfK Mode opinion poll conducted exclusively among 13-year-olds in Mumbai, Madurai and Ballabhgarh from October 1 to 4. Sample size: 311; 152 boys, 159 girls. The house-to-house and street-corner interviews were conducted in the absence of parents to avoid any bias in responses. | |||||
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