The Cost of Guilt

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Regional statistics

  Total London Central (Midlands) East Anglia South West Meridian (South) North West North East Yorkshire Scotland
Working parents who only spend 10 hours in the working week with their child 23 26 24 23 22 28 18 18 22 14
Working parents who don't spend as much quality time with their child as they would like to 60 64 59 53 55 60 60 67 61 58
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who do not arrive home until late in the evenings 51 54 51 50 X 43 54 X 60 44
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who work in the evenings 20 15 26 17 X 16 24 X 17 30
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who end up putting their child in bed as soon as they come home 14 19 17 12 X 15 9 X 19 5
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who say that their child has already gone to bed by the time they get home 8 12 8 6 X 9 1 X 8 14
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who take their children on family outings to make up for lost time 51 53 55 40 x 41 53 x 65 64
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who regularly buy gifts for their children to compensate for the lack of time together 40 34 38 42 X 43 40 X 52 48
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who take their children out for meals in restaurants to make up for lack of time together 26 30 29 13 X 19 23 X 30 36
Percentage of those who don't spend enough quality time, who buy their children expensive presents 8 9 4 10 X 7 9 X 6 14
Parents whose child has a savings account 86 89 86 85 93 83 87 79 88 83
Percentage of those whose child has a savings account who have only banked up to £400 45 45 42 46 X 40 51 X 40 45
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