2019-09-04

Are You Destined to Follow in Your Parents' Footsteps?

By acquiring and analysing data from the Census and Statistics Department, MWYO concluded that the probability of youngsters to access university education and engage in high-skilled occupation groups are related to family background. Meanwhile, as shown by overseas studies, some factors that predict the success of children are independent from the educational attainment and occupational background of parents. We hope this can provide some insights for grass-roots families.

 

The full version of the commentary is in Chinese only.