UK: Families have more influence on job choices among British-Asians

UK: Families have more influence on job choices among British-Asians


One in 4 British Asian students say families have significant influence over their job choices compared to 1 in 10 white British students according to new resaerch.


In a poll carried out on university campuses across the UK, 24 per cent of British Asian students said their families have a significant influence on their choice of career.


This is much higher than for white British people where only 9 per cent said their families had a significant influence on their choice of career according to research carried out on behalf of the Tesco Asian Network - a group inside Tesco that aims to help Tesco’s British Asian employees develop their careers within the company.


The responses of the British Asian students ranged from those who went as far as to put their families’ wishes ahead of their own (3 per cent ) and going with the career their parents’ suggested (3 per cent) to those who said their family’s views strongly influenced their decision (18 per cent).


Only 32 per cent of British Asian graduates said their families had had no influence on their choice of career at all – compared to almost half (47 per cent) of their white counterparts.


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Source: Asian News