How do you spend your free time? | |||||
Watching television | 34 | ||||
Playing games | 21 | ||||
Spend time with parents/brother/sister | 17 | ||||
Cooking/doing household work | 10 | ||||
Spend time with friends | 9 | ||||
Playing computer games | 5 | ||||
Surfing internet/chatting | 2 | ||||
Go to theatre to watch a movie | 1 | ||||
Go to a gymnasium | 1 | ||||
Which outdoor game do you like the most? | |||||
Cricket | 40 | ||||
Running | 15 | ||||
Football | 10 | ||||
Badminton | 10 | ||||
Tennis | 6 | ||||
Don’t play outdoor games | 10 | ||||
None of above | 9 | ||||
What influences you the most? | |||||
Metro | Town | Vil | |||
Books | 45 | 24 | 41 | 72 | |
TV | 36 | 50 | 40 | 17 | |
Films | 12 | 17 | 12 | 8 | |
Internet | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
Do you want to be in the same profession as your parents? | |||||
Yes | No | Won't Work | |||
17 | 81 | 2 | |||
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If not, what are the reasons? | |||||
Doesn’t interest me | 28 | ||||
Very little money | 19 | ||||
No job satisfaction | 6 | ||||
Want to do own thing | 47 | ||||
Which career option interests you the most? | |||||
All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
Computer Engineering | 20 | 8 | 36 | 16 | |
Medicine | 16 | 11 | 18 | 21 | |
Business Mgmt/Own Business | 9 | 18 | 2 | 6 | |
Teaching | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |
Airline Pilot | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
Fashion designing/ modelling | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
Housewife/ working at home | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
Army/Navy/ Airforce | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
Acting | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
Chartered Accountancy | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
Social work | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
Law | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
Advertising | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
Civil Service | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Builder/ Contractor | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Filmmaking | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Investment Banking | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Politics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
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| 29% prefer to talk to friends, not parents, about their problems
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| 35% consider their computer to be their proudest possession
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| Book-loving village-dwellers, devoutly religious city-slickers, PC-proud midtowners... all of them shared something of their lives. Their aspirations and idols, their favourite pastimes, their hopes for their country.... This is the story of being a teenager in today’s India, straight from the foal’s mouth. | |||||
Do you have friends from the other gender? | |||||
Yes | No | NR | |||
38 | 61 | 1 | |||
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Boys | 39 | ||||
Girls | 38 | ||||
Metro | 48 | ||||
Town | 34 | ||||
Village | 33 | ||||
Do you believe in God? | |||||
Yes | No | ||||
96 | 4 | ||||
How often do you pray and visit religious places? | |||||
Metro | Town | Vil | |||
Every day | 44 | 9 | 16 | ||
Once a week | 25 | 51 | 50 | ||
Once a month | 11 | 27 | 13 | ||
Only on festival days | 20 | 13 | 11 | ||
Very rarely | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Never | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Who is your role model? | |||||
All | Boys | Girls | |||
M.S. Dhoni | 10 | 13 | 7 | ||
Katrina Kaif | 9 | 4 | 14 | ||
Sachin Tendulkar | 9 | 14 | 4 | ||
Akshay Kumar | 7 | 11 | 3 | ||
Aishwarya Rai | 7 | 1 | 13 | ||
Rahul Gandhi | 7 | 5 | 9 | ||
Dr Manmohan Singh | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
Sania Mirza | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||
Amitabh Bachchan | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
Shahrukh Khan | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
Other | 29 | 30 | 26 | ||
What qualities of your role model do you like? | |||||
All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
Honesty | 44 | 33 | 17 | 83 | |
Intelligence | 27 | 36 | 15 | 31 | |
Diligence & hard work | 26 | 14 | 29 | 34 | |
Good looks & personality | 26 | 39 | 20 | 17 | |
Kindness | 21 | 19 | 10 | 33 | |
Bravery & spirit of adventure | 21 | 17 | 32 | 14 | |
Money & power | 21 | 26 | 2 | 35 | |
Friendliness | 19 | 26 | 3 | 27 | |
Modesty | 14 | 19 | 1 | 21 | |
Sense of humour | 13 | 10 | 7 | 21 | |
What’s the one thing about yourself that you would like to change? | |||||
All | Metro | Town | Vil | ||
The way I look | 22 | 13 | 18 | 38 | |
Parents to be more understanding | 22 | 27 | 24 | 15 | |
Grow up fast and start earning | 20 | 28 | 16 | 16 | |
Less pressure to perform in school | 13 | 17 | 16 | 6 | |
Spend more time with parents | 12 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |
Have more time of my own | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Be more popular in my age group | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Be more attractive to other gender | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Don’t know/Can’t say | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
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Methodology: Outlook-GfK Mode opinion poll conducted exclusively among 13-year-olds in Mumbai, Madurai and Ballabhgarh from October 1 to 4. Sample size: 311; 152 boys, 159 girls. The house-to-house and street-corner interviews were conducted in the absence of parents to avoid any bias in responses. | |||||
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