TOKYO, March 17, 2021—The most popular occupation that Japanese grade to high-school male students want to take up when they become of working age is the ‘salaried worker’ and the patissier for female students, according to Daiichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. survey results released March 17, 2021.
Approximately 3,000 students aged between 6 and 18 took part in the internet survey taken by Cross Marketing Corp. on behalf of Dai-Ichi in December 2020, according to the announcement.
Of grade school male students, 8.8 percent answered they want to become salaried workers when grown up, followed by YouTubers (8.4 percent), soccer players (7.6 percent), and game producers (7.2 percent). Of grade school female students, 14.1 percent went for patissiers; 7.1 percent teachers; 6.0 percent kindargarten/child nursing care workers; and 5.8 percent salaried workers.
Junior-high and high school male students rated salaried workers at the top (18.3 percent), followed by IT engineers (6.8 percent); public servants (5.7 percent); YouTubers (5.7 percent). Junior-high and high school female students ranked salaried workers at the top (13.6 percent), followed by public servants ‘.8 percent); nurses (6.9 percent); and patissiers (5.6 percent).
Both male and female high school students rated salaried workers as top. Males ranked public servants as third favorite occupation, while females rated as second.
(more information at: dai-ichi-life.co.jp)
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