Family and relationships
Would you wait till you are older before having
children, or not have children at all, in order to follow your
perfect career?
In total, three quarters of girls say ‘yes’
(38%) or ‘maybe’ (37%) to delaying having children or not having
them at all in order to pursue their perfect career. One sixth say
that they would not do this. Nearly one in ten (9%) do not
know.
Life milestones
The majority of girls aged 11 to 16 expect to
have a full-time job by the time they are 25 and a fifth expect to
have one by the time they are 18. The most common age at which
girls in this age range expect to move in with a partner is 22-25
years (43%), followed by a third (33%) who expect to do so when
they are 19 to 21 years old. In total 90% of 11- to 16-year-old
girls expect to own their own home by age 25, and 99% at least by
the time they are 29. The majority of girls in this age range
expect to get married before they are 25: 3% before they are 18,
13% at 19 to 21 years old and 46% at 22 to 25 years old. A further
quarter (27%) expect to be married by the time they are
29.