YOUNG Filipinos are second to Indians when it comes to reliance on their parents, a poll by a unit of McCann Worldgroup Inc. revealed.
Young people report that they are still heavily reliant on their parents, with 73 percent on average saying that their parents are their go-to source for advice, McCann said in a statement. Most strikingly, these young people are in India (84 percent), the Philippines (83 percent) and Mexico (81 percent), the marketing firm added.
These findings were among many in “The Truth About Youth,” a new worldwide study conducted by a McCann Worldgroup unit called McCann Truth Central (MTC). The large-scale study surveyed more than 33,000 people of all ages in 18 countries, the company said on June 16.
“Like generations before them, the next wave of young people are still going to want some young adult time to ‘find themselves’ before they leave their parents’ homes and strike out on their own,” a statement by MTC said. “But this growing up phase is getting longer and less well-defined as a process—and this is true around the world.”
“Once upon a time, there were key transitional moments in a person’s life that defined when they became an adult, such as buying your first car or getting married,” Executive Laura Simpson was quoted in the statement as saying. “Now there is greater fluidity on many of these issues.”
According to Simpson, MTC’s global director, “On a global basis, the average age, at which people think it is still okay to live with your parents, is 32, with some variation across the globe.”
Among the countries surveyed, those tolerating the highest still-living-at-home ages were Hong Kong (41), Japan (37) and India (34). The higher age bracket in these Asian markets is driven by the tradition of multigenerational households.
The globally average age when it stops being “socially acceptable” for people to live with their parents is 32, according to the survey.
Another MTC director, India Wooldridge said, “While there are fewer of the old universal milestones marking the path to independent adulthood, there are now new symbols of smaller wins that people around the world are pointing to as adulthood indicators.”
“These aspects of what is being called ‘adulting’ include such characteristics as getting a morning paper, having couples’ dinners, having Christmas with your partners’ parents, shopping on a weekly basis, going to sleep at a set bedtime each night and having an unbroken mobile phone screen,” Wooldridge added.
The study also found that 87 percent of those surveyed around the world also believe it’s important to experiment with life choices, even if it means you make mistakes. This is most true in Russia (92 percent), China (91 percent) and Canada (90 percent).