Parental amount of pressure on students worldwide in 2011

This statistic shows the amount of pressure that parents worldwide lay on their children regarding their performance in school. In 2011, 68 percent of Chinese respondents said that parents put too much pressure on their children to succeed academically.

The parental amount of pressure on students worldwide in 2011

Characteristic	Not enough pressure	Right amount of pressure	Too much pressure	Don't know/refused
U.S.	64%	21%	11%	4%
Lithuania	55%	31%	7%	7%
Spain	52%	37%	8%	3%
Palestinian territories	49%	24%	20%	7%
Brazil	49%	31%	18%	2%
Israel	48%	31%	19%	3%
Ukraine	43%	36%	7%	14%
Mexico	42%	36%	20%	2%
Lebanon	39%	27%	33%	2%
Indonesia	39%	46%	13%	2%
Jordan	37%	31%	30%	1%
Russia	36%	38%	13%	14%
Britain	35%	40%	17%	9%
France	35%	40%	25%	0%
Turkey	35%	27%	30%	8%
Germany	33%	37%	28%	2%
Kenya	33%	24%	42%	1%
Poland	30%	36%	21%	12%
India	24%	21%	44%	10%
Pakistan	17%	34%	41%	8%
China	11%	14%	68%	7%

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Release date

August 2011

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 18 to May 15, 2011

Number of respondents

29,100 respondents

Special properties

Interviewees from 21 nations

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "In general, do you think (survey country) parents put too much pressure on their children to do well in school, not enough pressure, or about the right amount of pressure?"

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