Results of the 1st questionnaire for parents

in Kindergarten Manka Golarja Gornja Radgona

October 2013

Celebrations Across Europe

Number of questionnaires given to parents: 109

Number of questionnaires returned: 59 (54%)

1) How big is your family (parent/s, children, grandparent/s, ...)?

Type of family Number (percentage)1 parent, 1 child 2 (3%)1 parent, 2 children 12 parents, 1 child 13 (22%)2 parents, 2 children 22 (37%)2 parents, 3 children 3 (5%)2 parents, 4 children 11 parent, 1 child, 1 grandparent 2 (3%)1 parent, 1 child, 2 grandparents 11 parent, 2 children, 1 grandparent 12 parents, 1 child, 1 grandparent 12 parents, 2 children, 1 grandparent 4 (7%)2 parents, 2 children, 2 grandparents 3 (5%)2 parents, 1 child, 2 grandchildren 12 parents, 4 children, 1 grandparent 12 parents, 2 children, 1 other 12 parents, 2 children, 2 grandparents, 2 others 12 parents, 3 children, 2 grandparents, 1 other 1

2) Are you ethnically mixed family?

7%

90%

3%

YES NO No answer

3) Has your family put emphasis on tradition and heritage when you were a child?

57%

41%

2%

YES NO No answer

4) Do you pass on your family’s tradition and heritage to your children?

69%

29%

2%

YES NO No answer

4.1) If you answered YES, WHAT do you pass them on?

Things they pass on: Number (percentage)traditional stories 16 (27%)songs 27 (46%)tradition 18 (31%)traditional food 29 (49%)festive clothes 1dances 7 (12%)talk about old times 1baking bread 2respect for adults 1celebrating birthdays with family 1family dinner 1games 1holidays 1farm chores 2books 2superstitions 1

4.2) If you answered YES, HOW do you pass them on?

How they pass it on: Number (percentage)storytelling, conversation 16 (27%)cooking 10 (17%)events 1gifts 1singing 12 (20%)tradition – harvest, … 4 (7%)on different occasions 1dancing 3joint activities 4 (7%)reading 3playing 1by example 1internet 1books 2

5) Do your parents (your child’s grandparents) pass on your family’s tradition and heritage to

your children?

64%

34%

2%

YES NO Some

5.1) If you answered YES, WHAT do they pass them on?

Things they pass on: Number (percentage)tradition 17 (29%)songs, music 20 (34%)food 19 (32%)holidays 3religious content 2chores they did in old times 5 (8%)stories 14 (24%)games 1storytelling about events 2old photos 1dances 2books 2values (family, friendship, love) 1

5.2) If you answered YES, HOW do they pass them on?

How they pass it on: Number (percentage)

conversation 15 (25%)

cooking 5 (8%)

joint chores 9 (15%)

events 1

singing 10 (17%)

reading, storytelling 5 (8%)

visiting church 1

celebrating holidays 1

games 1

6) Do you think that in general tradition and heritage are loosing their value? That people

don’t put enough emphasis on them anymore?

63%14%

20%

3%

YES NO Don't know No answers

7) Do you celebrate … ?

24 47 24 5

90 2 8 0

8 68 22 2

19 64 17 0

96 2 20

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

national holidays

religious holidays

other important internationaldays

special days in your localcommunity/town

your family’s special days

Yes No Sometimes No answer

8) Do you think it’s important for your child to learn and celebrate YOUR country’s tradition, heritage,

culture, holidays and other important days?

91%

7% 2%

YES NO Don't know

9) Do you think it’s important for your child to learn and celebrate OTHER countries’ tradition, heritage,

culture, holidays and other important days?

39%

34%

24%

3%

YES NO Don't know No answers

10) Do you think that with this project your child will learn more about his/her country’s and other

countries’ tradition, heritage, culture, holidays and other important days?

78%

7%

15%

YES NO Don't know

11) Do you know other countries’ tradition, holidays?

19%

22%59%

YES NO Some

12) Do you celebrate other countries’ tradition, holidays?

2%

88%

10%

YES NO Some

13) In your opinion does your child spend a lot of time in front of television, computer, ipad,

mobile phone etc.?

29%

66%

2% 3%

YES NO I don't know No answers

14) Do you think your child will spend less time in front of TV, computer, ipad, mobile phone etc. because he/she

will be spending more time with you, grandparents, piers and other people that will be involved in the

project?

44%

24%

29%

3%

YES NO I don't know No answers