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2010/02/01 Lifestyle: “Scary Statistics on the Day of the Valentine”
Think you're over spending for Valentine's Day...well, think again...the broader picture is much scarier than you think! Here are some scary statistics from The U.S. Census Bureau (unofficial dates for the surveys) which takes a nation wide survey on expenditure and consumerism throughout the United States...ridiculous Americans!

Flowers --->


- 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.

- There is no shortage of places where you can buy flowers for your
valentine: there were 26,400 florists nationwide, employing
123,600 persons, in 1995. Data on 1995 Valentine's Day flower
sales were not available.

- It's possible the flowers you buy this year came from Colombia,
our nation's leading supplier of cut flowers. U.S. imports of cut
flowers from Colombia totaled $301.2 million between January and
October 1997.
It must come to a stop...!
It must come to a stop...!

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Marriage and Divorce --->


- During 1995, 2.3 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces took
place in the United States. That meant 6,400 marriages and 3,200
divorces on a typical day.

- Between 1990 and 1995, the annual number of marriages dropped
by 107,000, while the annual number of divorces fell 13,000.

- Nevada was the nation's marriage and divorce capital, racking up
both the highest marriage rate (88.1 marriages per 1,000
population) and divorce rate (8.1 divorces per 1,000 population)
of any state in 1995. Hawaii was a distant runner-up in the
marriage rate (15.Cool while Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico (each
at 6.7) tied for second place in divorce rate.


These are priceless...!!!
These are priceless...!!!


- Among 18- to 24-year-olds, 24 percent of women and 14 percent of
men were married as of 1995. The figures rose to 64 percent and 55
percent for 25- to 34-year-olds, and 74 percent each for 35- to
54-year-olds. For persons 55 and over, the percentage falls to 53
percent for women, but increases to 79 percent for men.

- The estimated median age at first marriage in 1995 was 24.5 years
for women and 26.9 years for men.

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)


Valentine's Day Spending --->


NRF 2005 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, [by BIGresearch] found the average consumer will spend $97.27 on Valentine's Day, down slightly from $99.24 last year.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
Couldn't have said it better myself!

BUT 61.8 percent of consumers plan on celebrating the holiday, which is up from 59.8 percent one year ago.

In all, 2005 Valentine's Day spending was forecasted to reach $13.19 billion.


Valentine's Day & Pet Gifts --->


3% of pet owners BUY their pet a Valentine's Day gift! That is SAD!!!


Someone needs to pay for this...(Secret LOL!!!)
Someone needs to pay for this...(Secret LOL!!!)

Think twice about where that money is going electorate...!

Regards

David
Writer, David Alves 




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