Exhibit 10.4
Students' Predictions on Having More
Q510 When you think about your life when you finish your education, do you think that you
will have more than, the same amount as, or less than your parents did of each of the follow-
ing?
Base: All students
% "More Than Parents"
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Quality of Life
Non-
Total
Boys
Girls
minority
Minority
High
Medium
Low
Base . . . . . . . . .3961
1454 . . .2507
2992 . . . . . .493
885 . . . . . .1829 . . . .1247
. . . . . . . . . .%
% . . . . .%
% . . . . . . . .%
% . . . . . . .% . . . . . .%
Money . . . . . . . .72
75 . . . . .70
68 . . . . . . .82
69 . . . . . . .75 . . . . . .71
Job
opportunities . .68
69 . . . . .67
65 . . . . . . .77
68 . . . . . . .69 . . . . . .66
Happiness . . . . .54
53 . . . . .55
52 . . . . . . .59
45 . . . . . . .53 . . . . . .60
Time for
hobbies and
other activities .46
48 . . . . .44
44 . . . . . . .50
45 . . . . . . .43 . . . . . .51
Time for family .31
32 . . . . .30
29 . . . . . . .35
24 . . . . . . .29 . . . . . .39
In order to better understand how students view their futures overall, a Future
Life Index was calculated based on students' responses to whether they will have more
than, the same as or less than their parents of money, time for family, time for hob-
bies and other activities, job opportunities and happiness (Exhibit 10.5). Only 1% of
students think their lives will be worse than their parents' lives based on these crite-
ria. Half (50%) believe their lives will be the same as their parents', and slightly less
than half (49%) believe their lives will be better than their parents' lives. Minority
students are more likely than non-minority students to believe their lives will be bet-
ter (56% vs. 45%) and students with a low quality of life (54%) are more likely than
those with a high (44%) or medium (47%) quality of life to think their lives will be
better.
Exhibit 10.5
Future Life Index
Base: All students
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Quality of Life
Non-
Total
Boys
Girls
minority
Minority
High
Medium
Low
Base . . . . . . . . .3961
1454 . . .2507
2992 . . . . . .493
885 . . . . . .1829 . . . .1247
. . . . . . . . . .%
% . . . . .%
% . . . . . . . .%
% . . . . . . .% . . . . . .%
Better than
parents . . . . . . .49
50 . . . . .47
45 . . . . . . .56
44 . . . . . . .47 . . . . . .54
Same as parents .50
49 . . . . .52
54 . . . . . . .44
55 . . . . . . .52 . . . . . .44
Worse than
parents . . . . . . .1
1 . . . . . .1
1 . . . . . . . . .*
* . . . . . . . .* . . . . . . .2
96
