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Family Support & Expectations
Distribution of responses
How institutions vary
What we ask
“My family situation supports me in my studies.”
What students say, and why
Family responsibilities and little time for oneself make study harder.
"Family responsibilities make this harder than I expected."
"Family circumstances, and there’s almost no time for yourself."
Family and friends as the support that gets students through.
"I trust that the support of my friends and family will get me through."
"My sister speaks really highly of it."
Representative, de-identified comments from the lowest- and highest-scoring responses, translated where needed.
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How we measure it
This is the topic-level average across its subtopics, on a 0-10 scale (higher is better), so an individual subtopic can score higher or lower than the topic shown here. Figures are scored responses from the last 12 months, mapped to the 2026 framework via the canonical question mapping; the cross-2020 figure on the Index uses the full response base. Movement compares the most recent six months with the prior six. Distribution bands: 0-4, >4-<8, 8-10. Cross-institution aggregate; no single institution identified; minimum group size applied.
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