Every fifth man considers himself “very frugal”
Russians celebrated the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity by talking about money — and it turned out that for 82% of women and 57% of men it is extremely important so that their partner is financially literate. This survey data was shared by analysts from one of the major online payment operators. It turned out that for most Russians it is very important to know about the financial situation of a potential romantic partner — this issue should be discussed at the very beginning of dating.
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By financial illiteracy, men and women understand almost the same thing — the inability to plan a budget (66%), the tendency to take out loans for unnecessary things (51%), lack of savings (39%) and the presence of large debts (35%).
Almost half of Russian women surveyed believe that a man should invest financially in a relationship at the beginning of dating, while only 8% of men are ready to be generous at the beginning of a relationship, and the majority (69%) consider moderate spending reasonable. Different attitudes towards finances when building relationships are much more critical for women — only 24% of Russian women are ready for a relationship with a man who has a different view on budget planning. If we talk about men, then 42% are ready to enter into a relationship with a woman, even if she has the “wrong” attitude towards finances.
Russians of both sexes are equally confident that women should not decide major money issues as a couple: 78% of women are ready to make such decisions exclusively together with their partner, another 15% completely trust the opposite sex. Almost 70% of men also try to distribute finances together with their woman, but a quarter still believe that the issue of money is exclusively male.
Every fifth man considers himself a very frugal person. Almost a third of men honestly admit that if a girl spends a lot, they will react negatively to it. But the majority (42%) of Russian men like thrifty women much more — after all, according to them, they themselves are the same. Women have the exact opposite opinion: 82% will have a bad attitude towards a man who is inclined to save. And the majority (36%) of women will react calmly to excessive spending by a man.
The survey also showed that men consider themselves more financially literate than women: 56% of respondents noted that they control their spending, and 38% Occasionally they may make an impulsive purchase. At the same time, almost half (46%) of women sometimes tend to make thoughtless purchases, and only 35% admitted that they know how to manage their finances competently.