Values to Action: A STUDY ON FUTURE READINESS OF YOUTHS IN SINGAPORE

Chow Jau Loong, Sunil Puri
Stewardship Asia Centre

14 October 2025

What values do youths care – and how do these values shape their actions?

Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC) launched the Values to Action survey to understand how core values influence youth decision-making, ethical behaviour and societal engagement. 

Based on response from 1,000 youths in Singapore aged 16-24, the findings reveal a generation rooted in ethics and relational values—but navigating pressures and dilemmas remain complex. 

• Youths most strongly associate their peer with trustworthiness, kindness, honesty, empathy and integrity, with trustworthiness emerging as the most strongly associated core value.
• Youths engage in prosocial behaviour*, but shows variation in how often and in what form it occurs.  
• Core values guide decisions and actions, but personal priorities and peer pressure can sometimes prevent youths from acting in alignment with those values. 
• Youths are passionate about mental and physical well-being and digitalisation issues, while climate change and lack of economic opportunity were identified as Singapore’s top existential challenges.
• Values matter, but how youths act on them depend on the context. One in two try to find compromises that uphold their values when faced with situational conflicts.

Download the full report to uncover deeper trends, challenges and insights to nurture values-driven leadership among youths in Singapore.