A survey what the parents think

1. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEXT
GENERATIONS IN INDIA
Naveen Dandge
MPE 11, NMIMS

2. INTRODUCTION
This survey’s goal is to understand what the
respondents think about the career opportunities those
will be available for the next generation in India.
o No. of questions: 25
o Collect Data: survey monkey online tool, manual
survey.
o Total respondents: 252
o Target respondents: Indians with age>18
o Respondents Profile
o Relationship Analysis
o Factor Analysis

3. RESPONDENT PROFILES

4. RESPONDENTS BY GENDER
16%
84%
Female
Male
o 84% of the respondents are Male
o 16% of the respondents are Female
o It would have been good if the Male/Female
ratio is near 1.

5. RESPONDENTS BY AGE
(YRS)
15.6
48.9
28.9
4.4 2.2
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55+
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55+
o Most(94%) of the respondents are in 18-44
Yrs age group.
o Only(6%) of the respondents are above 45 Yrs.
o This indicates that the survey results will be
very much relevant.
RESPONDENTS BY
EDUCATION
7%
42%
29%
2%
20%
High School
Bachelors
Masters
Doctorate
Professinal
o Most(42%) of the respondents have bachelors
degree
o Only 2% of the respondents are Doctorates

6. RESPONDENTS BY
PLACE THEY LIVE IN
9%
7%
7%
64%
13%
North India
East India
West India
South India
Abroad
o 64% of the respondents currently live in south
India
o 13% of the respondents are living in abroad
o Fairly equal ratio of the regions would have
been better for this survey.
RESPONDENTS BY
SOCIETY
2.2
8.9
28.9
60.0
88.9
Rural Sub-urban Urban Metro/Cosmo
o 89% of the respondents are from
Urban/Metros
o Only 11% are from sub-urban, rural
o Assumed that the data from Urban/Metros will
be more appropriate for this survey.

7. GLOBALIZATION CREATED
OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA
11.1
40.7
29.6
18.5
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
No May be To an extent Very much
No May be To an extent Very much
o 41% of the respondents think that
Globalization is one of the major factors that
created new opportunities in India.
o 30% of the respondents think that
Globalization also contributed to new
opportunities in India.
o Only 11% of the respondents think that
Globalization has nothing to do with new
opportunities in India.
RESPONDENTS CHILDREN
STUDIES IN SCHOOL TYPE
29%
33%
24%
9%
5% Internatinal School
Reputed Private School
Normal Private School
Reputed Govt. School
Normal Govt. School
o Majority(62%) of the respondent’s children
study in either international school or reputed
private school.
o Just(5%) of the respondent’s children study in
normal government school.
o The assumption is, in India, international
schools and reputed private schools relatively
pay much attention to the business
environment. This might have led the parents
to opt the above schools for their children
education

8. RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS

9. RESPONDENT’S AGE VS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A
PROFESSION
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-55
55+
Never Low Medium High Very High
o Young group(68%) of the total respondents
think that Entrepreneurship is becoming
one of the prosperous career opportunities
in India.
o Near(14%) of the respondents do not think
Entrepreneurship would be a good career
option, as they are little conservative in
nature.
CHILD GENDER VS CONSIDERING
CHILD’S INTEREST IN CHOOSING
CAREER
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Female Male Others
No May be To an Extent Very much
o 60% of the respondents seriously consider
their children’s interest in choosing career
option
o On top of that, 25% of the respondents would
consider their children’s interest in choosing
career option
o Female respondents would definitely consider
their children’s interest in choosing career
option

10. RESPONDENT'S EDUCATION VS
THINK GLOBALIZATION IS
CREATING NEW
OPPORTUNITIES
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
High School
Bachelors
Masters
Doctorate
Professional
Yes No Dont Know Can't Say
o Majority(74%) of the respondents by education
think that globalization is playing a major role
in creating new career opportunities in India.
CHILD SCHOOL TYPE VS PARENT
THINKS CHILD CAN CHOOSE
HIS/HER CAREER
0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5
Internatinal School
Reputed Private School
Normal Private School
Reputed Govt. School
Normal Govt. School
Very much To an extent May be
o Majority of the respondents whose children
studying in Reputed private
school/international school think that the
child can choose his/her career

11. FACTOR ANALYSIS

12. CAN CHILD CHOOSE HIS/HER CAREER?
Communalitiesa
Initial Extraction
Have children 1.000 .945
Marital Status 1.000 .613
Age 1.000 .727
Native Place 1.000 .963
Currently Live in 1.000 .9751
2
3
Whether child can choose his/her career
depends on the parent’s attributes like
Where the parents live in now, Parent’s
native place, and whether they have
children. That means, if the respondent has
children, this thoughts are also heavily
influenced.

13. FACTOR ANALYSIS
Total Variance Explaineda
Component
Initial Eigenvalues Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings
Total % of Variance Cumulative % Total % of Variance
Cumulative
%
1 2.857 57.140 57.140 2.857 57.140 57.140
2 1.366 27.317 84.457 1.366 27.317 84.457
3 .641 12.812 97.268
4 .118 2.370 99.638
5 .018 .362 100.000
Currently Live in
Native Place
The place the parent currently lives in influences the thought by 57%. And the same is
depends by 27% on the native place of the parent.

14. FACTOR ANALYSIS
Component Matrixa,b
Component
1 2
Have children -.846 .478
Marital Status .635 -.458
Age .789 -.323
From where in
India
.784 .591
Currently Live in .708 .689
Factor 1: Have children, marital status, age,
native place, currently live in place.
Demographics
Demographics: This shows that demographics
will play a major role whether the parent believes
that the child can choose his/her own career.

15. RESPONDENT’S NATIVE PLACE VS THINKS
CHILDREN CAN CHOOSE THEIR PROFESSION
8
12
8
12
12
3
7
6
Verymuch,24
Verymuch,5
Verymuch,23
Verymuch,4
NORT H E A S T W E S T S OUT H
May be To an extent Very much

16. RESPONDENT’S SOCIETY VS POLITICAL
OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Rural Urban Metro/Cosmo
High, 1
High, 1
High, 2
Never Low Medium High Very High
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17. RESPONDENT’S GENDER VS ARTS AS
OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Female
Male
1
6
High Medium Low
73% of the repondent