As entrepreneurial interest is believed to represent a causal factor increasing
entrepreneurship, research has begun to explore how family systems affect youth entrepreneurial
interests. In the present study, we attempt to identify different types of family influence on the
entrepreneurial interests of young people. A questionnaire was used to obtain data from 1633
Spanish adolescents (15 to 18 years old) and another questionnaire was used to obtain data from
839 parents. Principal component analysis identified unique family types and revealed that they
have differential associations to entrepreneurial interest among youth. These findings reaffirm
the influence of family on the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the promotion of an entrepreneurial
family culture. This study further suggests that early attention should focus on the detection of
entrepreneurial interest among youth so that actions can be implemented in the families to incentivize
an entrepreneurial family culture.
