This statistic shows the distribution of opinion among the British adult population in Great Britain (UK) in 2013 by the main regions and London, with regards to whether the family should be expected to provide regular financial and practical support to adult members. Approximately 60 percent of respondents in Scotland tend to agree with that the family role is to provide such support to adult family members.
Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members?
(by region or city)
United Kingdom (Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales)
Survey time period
June and July 2013
Number of respondents
2,346 respondents
Age group
18 years and older
Method of interview
Telephone interviews and online survey
Supplementary notes
The full question read as follows: "Thinking about the role that families can play in supporting adult children and adult grandchildren during times of financial difficulty, to what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? a) Providing regular financial and practical support to adult members of the family is just what families do."
The source adds the following information: "ComRes interviewed 2,055 GB adults online between 14th and 16th June 2013. ComRes also interviewed over the telephone 510 British adults with a combined annual household income of £20,000 and below between 17th June and 8th July."
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ComRes, & Social Market Foundation. (October 19, 2013). Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by region or city) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/
ComRes, und Social Market Foundation. "Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by region or city)." Chart. October 19, 2013. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/
ComRes, Social Market Foundation. (2013). Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by region or city). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/
ComRes, and Social Market Foundation. "Do You Agree That The Family Role Is to Provide Financial and Practical Support to Adult Members? (by Region or City)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/
ComRes & Social Market Foundation, Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by region or city) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/ (last visited September 26, 2024)
Do you agree that the family role is to provide financial and practical support to adult members? (by region or city) [Graph], ComRes, & Social Market Foundation, October 19, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/379269/uk-british-family-source-financial-practical-support-for-adults-region/