A study of the attitudes and behaviours of young adults across Australia has produced some unexpected findings.A study of the attitudes and behaviours of young adults across Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. has produced some unexpected findings. The study, conducted by Sweeney Sweeney in poems by T. S. Eliot, symbolizes the sensual, brutal, and materialistic 20th-century man. [Br. Poetry, Benét, 978] See : Virility Research (a market research group) and Spin Communications (a youth marketing agency), was based on interviews with 1,001 young people aged between 16 and 28. One of its more surprising findings was in the importance the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. placed on their relationship with their parents. Some 53% of the respondents lived at home with their parents and, contrary to common suppositions, their decision to do so was often based not on finance but on the desire for security in an often frightening world. As Simon Lock, one of the authors of the survey report, explained: 'With life being so confusing--corporations collapsing, global terrorism--they are saying "my role models are my parents and I feel safe at home." ... There is a high degree of uncertainty among 16 to 28s.' The survey report said that the young people tended to emphasise the importance of relationships, career and health, rather than religion, marriage and having children. There was also a strong streak of nationalism nationalism, political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is basically a collective state of mind or consciousness in which people believe their primary duty and loyalty is to the in the age group. Ninety per cent said they were proud to be Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. Australian cattle dog a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. , 59% buy Australian-made products when they can, and 42% believe Australia should be a republic. Almost two-thirds agreed that Australia was becoming too like the USA (Australian, 9/10/03, p.5; Australian Financial Review, 9/10/03, p.3; Sydney Sydney, city, Australia Sydney, city (1991 pop. 3,097,956), capital of New South Wales, SE Australia, surrounding Port Jackson inlet on the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is Australia's largest city, chief port, and main cultural and industrial center. Morning Herald, 9/10/03, p.3). |
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