SALT LAKE CITY (December 11, 2023) – Most likely voters in Utah agree with the concepts of the success sequence and support teaching them in school, a new survey from Sutherland Institute finds.

Highlights from the survey:

• 73% of Utah’s likely voters support inclusion of the economic outcomes of the success sequence in school curriculum.

• Strong majorities of Utah’s likely voters agree that graduating from high school (89%), working full time (86%), and marrying prior to having children (68%) are important steps to securing a successful and happy life.

• Teaching the economic outcomes of the success sequence in schools has bipartisan support in Utah (80% of Republicans and 60% of Democrats).

The findings are highlighted in Sutherland’s newest publication, available here:

Sutherland partnered with Y2 Analytics to measure the attitudes of likely voters in Utah toward a series of life milestones known as the “success sequence”:

• completing high school education,
• working full time, and
• waiting until marriage to have children

Research has shown that 97% of young people who follow this sequence do not experience poverty in adulthood.

For more information about the success sequence, visit sutherlandinstitute.org/success

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