Key figures

  • 51%Main feeling fatherhood brings: anxiety
  • 90%Follow Instagram
  • 2.4 hoursAverage daily time on social media
  • 500Fathers (12 provinces, aged 25–55)

Key findings

  1. Children and spouse rank first and second among life priorities; financial gain is near the bottom. Emotional and spiritual values come before material ones.
  2. Smoking is the most common bad habit (47%), followed by unhealthy eating (30%) and overeating (23%); 32% say they have none.
  3. 22% exercise regularly; younger fathers and the A group think both they and their children eat more healthily.
  4. Instagram (90%), Facebook (83%) and YouTube (77%) are the most followed platforms; over-45s use Facebook more and over-50s YouTube.
  5. Fatherhood brings anxiety (51%), stress (36%) and happiness (35%); negative feelings are stronger among young and middle-aged fathers.
  6. Fathers’ hope for their children’s future is higher for the world (3.4/5) than for Türkiye (2.9/5).
  7. Fathers’ brands: Ülker and Eti in food, Coca-Cola in drinks, Garanti BBVA in banking, LC Waikiki in clothing, Migros and A101 in retail, Samsung in electronics, BMW in cars.

About the research

Method
Online survey, PRAGMA Panel
Date
11–16 May 2021
Sample
500 fathers aged 25–55 in 12 NUTS-1 provinces
Partner
Marketing Türkiye

Pages from the report

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