Are you Satisfied with the size of your Family?

As I talk to people many times I hear the phrase I wish I had more brothers or sisters. I went into this survey hoping to prove the point that most people desired to have more siblings. The survey that I conducted showed that forty eight percent of people would not change their family in any way shape or form, that they are completely satisfied with the family that they are in whether it is big or small. Another surprising opinion that I found out was that the majority of people that would have liked a change to their family desired a sister. The main reason that people desired a sister instead of a brother was because a sister has a great potential to become a very close friend and mentor that can help through difficult times. This means that in difficult circumstances the opinion of a sister is more valuable than that of a brother.  Another interesting piece of information that I came to realize is that about half of the people that were not completely satisfied with their family size found it difficult to identify what they would change. To me this means that people get very accustomed their situations. When they are asked if they could change something they don’t know how to respond because they have no knowledge of any other situation thus having no comparison.  The last piece of interesting information that I gathered from this survey is that 13 percent had a strong desire to change their family size. One young man, with four siblings, desired very strongly to have fewer siblings. The other ten percent desired to have a bigger family. When people had a strong opinion I concluded that it was the result of bad experience. This means that relationships have the ability to make or break attitudes. This survey was very enlightening. My opinion shifted because I saw that the majority of people are content with the situation that they are in.