Do you spend more than you earn?

6 January 2008

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Poll Started: 07 Jan 08 The core assessment of anyone's finances is finding out if you spend more than you earn. The free Budget Planner tells you exactly that and was last week downloaded by over 30,000 people. What was your initial result (before you started planning any cut-backs)?

Poll Started: 07 Jan 08

The core assessment of anyone's finances is finding out if you spend more than you earn. The free Budget Planner tells you exactly that and was last week downloaded by over 30,000 people.

What was your initial result (before you started planning any cut-backs)?

Results

A. Spend MORE than earn by over £10,000 a year		173 votes (5 %)
B. Spend MORE than earn by between £7,500 and £10,000 a year		93 votes (2 %)
C. Spend MORE than earn by between £5,000 and £7,499 a year		127 votes (3 %)
D. Spend MORE than earn by between £2,500 and £4,999 a year		262 votes (7 %)
E. Spend MORE than earn by between £1,000 and £2,499 a year		393 votes (10 %)
F. Spend MORE than earn by under £1000 a year		314 votes (8 %)
H. Totally balanced budget		298 votes (8 %)
J. Spend LESS than earn by under £1000 a year		358 votes (9 %)
K. Spend LESS than earn by between £1,000 and £2,499 a year		347 votes (9 %)
L. Spend LESS than earn by between £2,500 and £4,999 a year		384 votes (10 %)
M. Spend LESS than earn by between £5,000 and £7,499 a year		252 votes (7 %)
N. Spend LESS than earn by between £7,500 and £10,000 a year		176 votes (5 %)
O. Spend LESS than earn by over £10,000 a year		398 votes (11 %)
P. Can't face doing a budget (if this is your answer... it's time you did it)		205 votes (5 %)

                   3,780 votes received.

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