A doctor's dream doctor for parents
The surveyed parents decided that it was the medical profession that would be the best for their offspring. The doctor does not seem as an exciting profession as a fireman or a pilot. It also enjoys less social prestige. However, according to a study conducted by the SW Research Research Institute, Financial stability and a sense of security are more important for parentswhich gives this profession. The study was conducted by SW Research on 22-23.04.24 using the CAWI technique on a representative sample of 1000 Poles aged 16-80.
If parents could choose the child's profession
SW Research has been conducting a “ranking of competitions and specialties” for years, in which he examines how respect they enjoy in society. The latest ranking was won by a fireman who overtook the paramedic and passenger pilot. By the way, it was also decided to analyze which competitions are most preferred by adults as future Work for their children. And in this approach The doctor took first place. It is worth mentioning, however, that this profession is also located high in the list of respect – in fifth position, just after the nurse, and in the previous year it even came on the last step of the podium.
What do Poles pay attention to?
Prestige is undoubtedly important, but when choosing a dream profession for child Other factors prevail: work safety and earnings. Parents also include their own experience and values. It turned out that social respect is treated secondary. From the top five of the list of prestige only doctor He was high in the statement of parental preferences regarding the possible work of their children. To the fact that the correlation between prestige and the “dreamed fuch” for a child is weak, they also indicate other examples. IT specialists, programmers, lawyers and entrepreneurs occupy further places when it comes to social respect, but quite high as a potential occupation for descendants.
Parents' education is also important
The doctor most often indicated Parents with higher education and the shortest parental experience (at the age of 25-34). People with higher education also preferred professions requiring longer learning for their children, but less often they decided to indicate a fireman or a paramedic. In the case of the mother's sons, they chose more often the profession of computer science or programmer, and the fathers of the engineer or the university professor. For daughters, it would be an entrepreneur, a psychotherapist or accountant (on the part of mothers) or a doctor, a judge or director at a large company (on the part of fathers).
The differences between the sexes are blurred
– We have several threads here. Firstly, Regardless of the child's sex, the same professions are repeated – Which may indicate the blurring of sexual differences in professional expectations. Secondly, specializations considered dangerous or requiring extraordinary responsibility for human life – like a fireman, a paramedic and a pilot – despite high social prestige, are less often chosen as dream for children – says Piotr Zimolzak, vice president of SW Research. He adds that you can also see the difference between social and real image selection. Parent preferences show growing recognition for independence, resourcefulness and economic success. Despite the blurring of sexual differences, works very strongly associated with men like a TIR driver, a taxi driver and construction worker are not willingly chosen for daughters.
The worst of the worst, i.e. competitions from the end of the list
Bottom of the ranking They occupy a competition that, according to parents, will not provide their children with the right future. This is primarily physical workers or craftsmeni.e., e.g. waiters, shoemakers, cleaners, miners, people employed at a call center. Many of them are also not high on the list of respected competitions. The exception is miner (9. The most prestigious) i shoemaker (12th place). The opposite is the case with politicians – although they do not enjoy social trust, many parents would not mind that their offspring to make such a career decided. – It is interesting to confront the ranking with the question which of the competition he chose for your child. These answers relate more to the actual assessment of the profession and its potential. Although doctors and IT professionals are invariably reigning, entrepreneurs, directors and lawyers are more appreciated – sums up both reports prof. dr hab. Jacek Męcina, researcher of the labor market and labor relations with the University of Warsaw.
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Sources: SW Research1, SW Research2