Research Report

APPENDIX 1

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Who makes key decision?

Introduction

This study aims to analyze the way decisions are made in the family. This study identifies the key decision-makers in families. These decisions affect young adults. It examines the decisions that people are allowed to make for themselves. It also looks at changes in the different country.

Methods

A survey was conducted among families of the same culture key decisions were selected for each person. A total of four countries people responded to the survey. There were French, German, Russian and Chinese in the sample. The responses of the raw numbers were converted into a series of bar charts (see Appendix 1).

Results

The results show clear differences for the four countries and the total one. For French, Germany and Russian, Young people generally make decisions independently. While, in China, almost choices about university, religion, career and etc. are made by parents. Obviously, most of these young adults who from the four countries decided to leave home from their own.

As we can see in Fig.1, all of young adults are made decisions about career by their parents. To sum up, young adults should make key decisions by themselves, according to suggestions from other people include parents, friends, teachers and so on. Conclusions

We can draw clear conclusions from this survey. Some young adults make nearly all their own decisions but parents play a important role. Chinese parents want to help their children to make key decisions in their life, even looks like controlling their children.

There is a problem with the data. The sample in this survey is too small to draw a very meaningful conclusion.