Parent-Child Politics Survey Analysis
Parent-Child Politics Survey Analysis
Overview
Research Topic: Parent-Child Politics and Parental Relationship Strength
Target: Japanese and International University Students
Number of Respondents: 15 International Students and 16 Japanese Students
Summary
Students answered questions concerning their own political views, their perception of a selected parent or guardian’s views, and the nature of their relationship with them.
Results (International Students)
Graph #1 shows that 60% of international respondents selected their father as the individual they are most familiar with their political views, and 40% selected their mother. With a bigger sample size it would be helpful to see if this trend amplifies (more people selecting their father) or balances out.
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Graph #2 shows that international students are more likely to align closely with their selected parent's or guardian's politics than not align with them. Given the frequency of answer in the middle of the distribution, this may suggest that strong affiliations and antagonism due to politics are not common among families.
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Graph #3 shows that most international students have a strong or very strong relationship with their selected parent or guardian. Two respondents rated their parental relationship as not strong at all which deviates from the observed trend.
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Graph #4 shows that international students discuss politics with their selected parent or guardian at various different frequencies. However, the distribution suggests that, for the most part, people talk about politics with their selected parent or guardian somewhat infrequently (Once a year, less than once a month, once a month).
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Graph #5 shows which political ideology international students align closest with. Socialism and conservatism were the most popular, though it is unclear whether the students correctly evaluated themselves according to a certain ideology in relation to corresponding political theory.
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Graph #6 shows which political ideology aligns closest with the international students selected parent or guardian's views. Here, liberalism was the most popular category, with conservatism being second, and nationalism and socialism tied at third. Again, this question suffers from plausible incorrect evaluations of an ideology, though qualitative data was collected to counteract this concern.
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Results (Japanese Students)
Graph #1 shows that Japanese students were more likely to select their mother as the parent or guardian whose political views they are most familiar with. This contrasts the international respondents answer.
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Graph #2 shows that Japanese student most often align moderately with their selected parent or guardian's political views, though several respondents do not closely align with their selected parent or guardian.
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Graph #3 shows that Japanese student tend to have a moderately strong relationship with their selected parent or guardian, and strong or very strong relationship were come. Some do not have strong relationships with their parents.
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Graph #4 shows that Japanese students almost never discuss politics with their selected parent or guardian. This is in stark contrast to the international respondents which have a more varied distribution.
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Graph #5 shows which political ideology Japanese students align closest with. Liberalism was the most popular with socialism being second. Conservative was third most popular. Socialism was popular between both international and Japanese students.
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Graph #6 shows which political ideology aligns closest with the Japanese students selected parent or guardian's views. Tied for most popular were liberalism and conservatism, reflecting a classic political dichotomy. Also popular was socialism, though to a lesser extent.
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Graph #7 shows the reasons Japanese students may have different political views than their selected parent or guardian. Japanese students were most likely to attribute generational and cultural differences to the source of their misalignment, and also not fully understanding their selected parent or guardians views.
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Conclusion
While this survey contains valuable question for understanding the relationship between political views and parental relationship strength and how this differs between international and Japanese students, the small sample size may affect significance. Nonetheless, these results can provide a framework for future investigation into this topic.
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