No Company, Government or International Organization (IO) has ever run a large survey ranking what people actually invest for

There are plenty of large investor surveys (like from [Schroders](https://www.schroders.com/en-us/us/local/media-center/global-investor-study-2020-retirement/), [Natixis](https://www.im.natixis.com/en-us/insights/investor-sentiment/2025/global-retirement-index) etc.), but each is built around its own goal list, and none of them cleanly ranks a population by its single most important reason for investing (like FIRE, Conventional retirement etc.)

What I cannot understand is **Why this specific study does not exist?** Because the incentives seem to point toward BUILDING it...

* For AMCs, knowing customers' primary goals would sharpen their product design, marketing etc.
* For Govts, understanding why citizens invest would help shape regulation, subsidies etc.
* For IOs, a shared view of why people invest would strengthen cross-border comparisons of financial resilience, help guide global standards on retirement security etc.