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5. Relationship with Family
The percentages of elementary school students in Tokyo reporting that they “talk with my family a lot” and their “family has checked my homework in the last month” were high, suggesting that students in Tokyo have a close relationship with their family. On the other hand, that the percentage of students who reported that their “family wants me to go to a good college / university” was low indicated that such students do not feel pressured by their family to study.
Graph 5-1 Relationship with family
*: Multiple responses.
The percentage of students who indicated “my family wants me to go to a good college / university” was very high, with over 90%, in the four cities of Seoul (93.2%), Beijing (88.1%), London (87.6%), and Washington, D.C. (92.4%). While it was 64.6% in Helsinki, in Tokyo it was 28.8%, which was the lowest among six cities. Furthermore, students in Seoul (66.8%) than in any other city indicated that their “family tells them to study almost every day.” Based on these results it would appear that students in Seoul feel great pressure from their family members to study hard.
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