Aufgewachsen in Irland Teilnehmer der Kohorte ’98, die im Alter von 9 Jahren keinen Fernseher in ihrem Schlafzimmer hatten, hatten mit 25 Jahren eher einen Hochschulabschluss oder einen gleichwertigen Abschluss

**Key Findings**

* Growing up in Ireland Cohort ’98 participants whose parents used the public library for them at age 9 were more likely to have a degree at age 25 (63%) than those whose parents did not use the library for them (53%).

* Respondents who did not have a TV in their bedroom at the age of 9 were more likely to have a degree level qualification or equivalent when they were 25, at almost 70%, compared with a 45% attainment level for those who had a TV in their bedroom.

* A parent’s expectation of their 9-year-old’s future educational attainment had an impact on their likelihood of having a degree. Almost 70% of those whose parents expected them to get a degree had done so by age 25. By comparison 37% of respondents, whose parents did not have this expectation, had a degree level qualification by age 25.

* Over 45% of those whose household income was in the lowest income category at age 9 had at least some difficulty making ends meet at age 25, compared with 24% of those in the highest income group.

* Respondents whose household income was in the highest income threshold at age 9 were less likely to have difficulty making loan repayments at age 25 than those in the lowest household income quintile.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fp/fp-guic98cief/growingupinirelandcohort98atage25childhoodinfluencesoneducationandfinances/keyfindings/

Interesting! It’s so important to keep in mind too that statistics like this remove the majority of context that can influence the outcome. I didn’t have a TV in my room because we were poor haha

Imagine needing this level of data in order to comprehend the blatantly obvious. The same kind of discrepancy, except even larger, will now be observed in the post ~2010 generation between those who spent their teenage years with a smartphone and those without.

Had a TV when I was 9 (in 1999 so almost the same time as this study) but wasn’t allowed to watch it after a certain time. When I was 9 I lived in a very small temporary house with my parents in the room next to mine. When I was 10 I moved into the big house my dad built us next door with my dog and cat. The floors were in, roof and windows were on, one working bathroom, and that was all. It was sealed and warm enough with my heater but no one else wanted to live there before anything else was done. I watched a lot of late night TV. But ofc only RTÉ1 Network2 and TG4, and used it for my playstation. I have been to uni twice, one BA, one MSc. 

Is this causation or correlation though? Its making me think of Tyler Vigen’s work…

[https://tylervigen.com](https://tylervigen.com)