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Basic Research on Academic Performance
International Survey of Six Cities

Preliminary Report
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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Eand their “family has checked my homework in the last monthEwere 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Ewas 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Ewas 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.EBased on these results it would appear that students in Seoul feel great pressure from their family members to study hard.




 

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