- 74% of adults aged 18-24 agree that seeing children returning to school makes them glad they’re an adult with 51% of these strongly agreeing.
- Over 1 in 3 adults (38%) think that the school years are the best years of your life with 15% of these strongly feeling this.
- Nearly half (48%) of adults aged 18-24 wish they were back in school with 28% strongly agreeing.
- 46% of adults say what they miss most about school is spending so much time with friends. This is highest for adults aged 25-34 with 70% missing this most.
- 43% say it’s the lack of responsibility that they miss most about school and 37% say it’s they miss the feeling on the first day of Summer holidays.
- 32% of adults say they miss learning new things in school, 25% miss having their dinner made for them by their parent/ guardian every day, and 16% miss P.E.
- 45%of adults are glad they don’t have to worry about homework now that they’re not in school, 44% are glad they don’t have to stress about The Leaving Cert, and 44% are happy not to be studying things they have no intertest in.
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iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 28th of August and 4th of September and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.
Questions asked of adults nationwide:
Q1. With children returning to school in the coming weeks, to what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Q2. Which of the following do you miss about school?
Q3. Which of the following are you glad you don’t have to worry about now that you’re not in school?
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