Posted By:Hajas On 7/30/2007 |
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Indian family values intact: Survey 30 Jul 2007, 0036 hrs IST,Neelima Mahajan,TNN |
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Nearly 84% of the Indians questioned in a survey say spending time with their families is their favourite pastime (TOI Graphics) |
MUMBAI: It's all about loving your family, especially if you are an Indian. Defying the grim prognosis of a breakdown in traditional values, Indians are staying together as family, finds a 57-nation survey.
Nearly 84% of the Indians questioned in the survey say spending time with their families is their favourite pastime. Although that is on a par with the universal sentiment, other findings go on to demolish the popular, TV-fed misconception of India being a decadent society with sons and daughters throwing out old, crusty parents and wives and husbands switching partners at the drop of a pallu.
Divorce rate, a mega indicator of the breakdown of old values, is under 1% in India. Sixty-eight per cent of the adult urban population in India is married and less than 1% is divorced or separated. A whopping 82% of Indians believe it's important to have a lasting relationship with their spouses, reinforcing the faith in long-term commitment, says the survey, conducted by global market research firm Kantar Media.
Interestingly, in India, less than 1% of the adult urban population lives alone. The average household size in urban India is 4.8 persons. In all Asian countries in general, the percentage of people living alone is very low. However, there are concerns about expectations from families. More than any of the other countries surveyed, 76% Indians feel that it is important that their families think they are doing well in life. Over half the parents want their children to move ahead in life, even if it means putting a lot of pressure on them, says the survey. The corresponding figures are 63% in China, 51% in the US and 33% in Germany.
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