Rating Group surveyed over 5,000 teenagers and their parents for the study ‘Index of the Future: Professional Expectations and Development of Teenagers in Ukraine’! This is a project of our partners KSE Institute and UNICEF, which was carried out on the initiative of the Olena Zelenska Foundation in cooperation with the humanitarian organisation People in Need and with the financial support of the Czech people.

Rating Group collected data using the unique Family 360° family survey technology. The focus here is on the child, who takes the survey themselves, as well as their parents, family members, and in some cases teachers, doctors, psychologists, etc. Comparing the answers of children and their parents allows us to understand the relationships and changes within the family.

Below are some of the findings that our partners have discovered thanks to this data.

Vision of the future

• 82% of teenagers see their future as promising.
• The majority (60%) also consider Ukraine's future to be promising.
• At the same time, one in four children see their future abroad. Children whose parents would also like them to emigrate, as well as children who see Ukraine's future as hopeless (in general or rather), are more likely to want to live abroad.

Career guidance

• 8/10 teenagers have already thought about their future career. Girls (85%) think about this slightly more often than boys (74%).
• At the same time, only 30% were able to name a specific profession or type of employment they would like to pursue in the future.
• The most common career guidance activities are talking to parents (74%), searching the Internet for information about professions (56%) and educational institutions (44%), searching for grants and other opportunities (23%), and taking tests (17%).
• Teenagers whose parents discuss the future with them are more likely to think about their future profession (83% compared to 60% whose parents do not discuss these issues with them).