On 01/09/13 21:01, Victoria Conlan wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
Part of their survival involved spending ~30%
of income on food. That's now down to ~15%

Is that really the % of income spent?

I wouldn't stake my life on it, but IIRC those
are about the quoted percentages.

But the variance would be interesting, as would
the percentages as a function of income; I doubt
Bill Gates spends 15% of his income on food

So I suspect the stats obscure as much as they
illuminate, and it is always worth remembering
that 37% of statistics are made up on the spot.

I may have to make it tonight's project to work out the % I spend on
various things.

Sometimes interesting; always worthwhile.

I suspect, but need to confirm, that the order will
be: mortgage; transport; childcare and possibly /then/ food

Hmm. Is that /all/ food, including eating out? Where does any going
out for drinks go, is that food or socialising/other?

Who knows