Most likely voters in Utah support teaching ‘success sequence’ in schools, new Sutherland survey finds

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