BBC research on goals and aspirations of children

Research carried out for the BBC’s children’s channel CBBC asked over 1,600 children aged 8 to 12 about their goals and aspirations for the future. According to the survey, the most popular future job for boys is to be a footballer (24%) followed by a police officer (6%), while girls most wanted to be a teacher (16%) followed by a hairdresser (13%). Although children are clearly thinking about what they want to do in the future, they are also quite worried about this. 55% of the children asked said they thought it would be difficult for them to get jobs when they grow up.