This statistic illustrates the public opinion on the financial future of the next generation, in some of the European countries, as of 2019. As data shows, there is an overall pessimism, with the majority of the respondents in all the European countries stating that when compared to their parents' situation, the next generation will be financially worse off in the future.
When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...?
* Toal figure of the eight countries in this survey, count differs by country:
France: 1,003
Germany: 1,001
Greece: 1,050
Hungary: 1,002
Italy: 1,043
Poland: 1,008
Spain: 1,005
Sweden: 989
United Kingdom: 1,005
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Pew Research Center. (March 19, 2019). When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. "When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...?." Chart. March 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. (2019). When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/
Pew Research Center. "When Children in Your Country Grow Up, Will They Be Financially Better off or Worse off than Their Parents...?." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/
Pew Research Center, When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
When children in your country grow up, will they be financially better off or worse off than their parents...? [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/986142/the-next-generation-s-financial-future-in-europe/
