Snapshot of the Modern Third Culture Kid

DenizenMag.com A SNAPSHỘT OF THE MODERN THIRD CULTURE KID A Third Culture Kid (TCK) is a citizen of the world, someone who has lived abroad during their formative childhood years-thus blending their "home" culture with the culture of the country around them, forming a "Third Culture." People who have attended international schools, who are children of diplomats, “military brats," or children of missionaries are just a few examples of TCKS. Famous Third Culture Kids include Barack Obama, Christiane Amanpour and Kobe Bryant. The following data is based on an informal online survey of 200 Third Culture Kids. BIRTHPLACE CURRENT “HOME" FEW MANY MOST COMMON BIRTHPLACE Hong Kong, China MOST COMMON RESIDENCE California, USA 54% FLY AT LEAST FOUR TIMES PER YEAR PEOPLE SURVEYED RESIDENCY AGE OF FIRST MOVE MALE 21% AVERAGE AGE 4.6 Nine Ten FEMALE 79% or younger or older AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES LIVED IN 29 Four FFFP years MOST COMMON DEGREE OF EDUCATION CONTINENTS LIVED IN Bachelor's 1 N. AMERICA 81% ASIA 74% 0/- EUROPE 57% CULTURE AFRICA 20% AUSTRALIA 12% NUMBER OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN S. AMERICA 12% ANTARCTICA zero! big surprise, eh? 85% 47% RELATIONSHIPS Two Three CURRENTLY DATING A TCK 1.7 1111111 or more or more in PARENTS OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITY MARRIED/ENGAGED 1.4 3000 YES 21% in NO DO YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR KIDS AS TCKS? 79% 60% 4% 23% 11% YES NO UNSURE NOT HAVING KIDS