Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Harper's Index on love


I found these facts and figuers on love today at Harper's Index (there are plenty more to check out):

10/84 Percentage of American teenagers who report that their schoolwork makes them anxious: 82

Who report that their love life does: 57 [Link]

9/84 Percentage of American fifth-graders who report being in love: 39 [Link]

1/85 Percentage of women who say they believe in love at first sight: 57

Of men: 66 [Link]

5/92 Chances that an unmarried American is in love: 1 in 2 [Yankelovich Clancy Shulman (Westport, Conn.)]

6/98 Average amount an American earning at least $250,000 would pay to find “true love”: $487,000

Average amount that he or she would pay to become president: $55,000 [Worth magazine (N.Y.C.)]

5/08 Days of “heartache leave” that employees of one Japanese cosmetics company are allowed to take each year: 3 [Hime & Company (Tokyo)]

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