Who wears the financial trousers?

22 August 2011

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Poll started 23 Aug 2011 Who wears the financial trousers? Who controls the family finance in your household? Please answer whichever of these is closest to your situation.

Poll started 23 Aug 2011

Who wears the financial trousers?

Who controls the family finance in your household? Please answer whichever of these is closest to your situation.

Results

I'm a man in a couple/family (with female partner) (1975 votes)

I mostly control the budget, my partner mostly does financial product choice		94 votes (5%)
I mostly do financial product choice, my partner mostly does the budget		108 votes (5%)
We do it all together		370 votes (19%)
I usually do it all		1253 votes (63%)
I leave most of it to my partner		150 votes (8%)

I'm a man/woman in a same-sex couple (203 votes)

I mostly control the budget, my partner mostly does financial product choice		12 votes (6%)
I mostly do financial product choice, my partner mostly does the budget		6 votes (3%)
We do it all together		58 votes (29%)
I usually do it all		110 votes (54%)
I leave most of it to my partner		17 votes (8%)

I'm a woman in a couple/family (with male partner) (3053 votes)

I mostly control the budget, my partner mostly does financial product choice		188 votes (6%)
I mostly do financial product choice, my partner mostly does the budget		58 votes (2%)
We do it all together		542 votes (18%)
I usually do it all		2106 votes (69%)
I leave most of it to my partner		159 votes (5%)

I'm single (1454 votes)

I'm single so it's all me		1289 votes (89%)
I live with my parents, they deal with most things		165 votes (11%)

                   6,685 votes received.

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