Who knew! We Czechs like to shop...apparently.
According to an article in the Prague Daily Monitor, "Czechs shop longest".
The article states:
Czechs tied with Romanians for the most time in Europe spent shopping per week according to a Eurobarometer report on consumer empowerment released April 11.
Czechs tied with Romanians for the most time in Europe spent shopping per week according to a Eurobarometer report on consumer empowerment released April 11.
“On average consumers in the Czech Republic and Romania spend most time shopping (3.8 hours per week), though it should be noted that 10 percent of Czechs and 17 percent of Romanians don’t know how much time they spend shopping. The average time spent shopping per week is also relatively high in Bulgaria, Austria and the UK (3.7 hours each),” the Eurobarometer report issued by the EU statistical arm Eurostat stated.
Portugal found itself on the other end of the spectrum. “Consumers in Portugal spend the least amount of time shopping (two hours on average in a typical week). Indeed, 31 percent of respondents in Portugal spend only one hour shopping in a typical week. People in Greece, France and Cyprus also spend comparatively less time shopping (2.4 hours per week on average),” the report said.
There was also a divide between new and old EU members, with respondents in the 12 states that joined in 2004 and 2007 spending more time shopping, 3.6 hours on average, than those in EU-15, at 3.2 hours.
As might be expected, across the EU women spend more time shopping, some 3.7 hours in a typical week, than men who racked up 2.8 hours, according to the report.
Respondents who live in larger towns also tend to spend more time shopping, 3.7 hours, especially when compared to those in rural villages, at 2.8 hours. “House persons,” the Eurostat term for people who spend the majority of their time on domestic chores, spend the longest time shopping, some 4.0 hours, of all socio-demographic groups; 19 percent of house persons spend six hours or more shopping in a typical week. Students spend the least amount of time shopping, 2.7 hours.
