United States - expenditures of gay and lesbian Americans on selected items 2009

This statistic shows the results of a survey among gay men and lesbian women in the United States regarding their weekly expenditures on selected items. The survey was conducted in 2009. According to the results, the surveyed lesbian women spent an average 54.60 U.S. dollars per week on restaurants, while the surveyed gay men spent 66.89 U.S. dollars on average on restaurants per week.

Gay and Lesbian Americans: On average, how much do you spend per week on the following? (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Lesbian women	Gay men
Restaurants	54.6	66.89
Bars & alcohol (outside of home)	23.38	31.94
Clothing	23.74	26.31
Pet food	18.2	17.56
Coffee and tea	12.49	14.19
Bottled water	9.17	10.91
Sports or energy bars	7.93	10.72

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Release date

2010

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Region

United States

Survey time period

July 30, 2009 to September 16, 2009

Number of respondents

13,102 respondents

Special properties

Gay and lesbian Americans

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

According to the source, "[d]uring the 49-day period from July 30, 2009 to September 16, 2009, Community Marketing, Inc. conducted an online survey of self-identified gay men and lesbians from CMI’s proprietary survey panel, as well as participants pointed to the survey from a variety of partners. For the purposes of this report, those participants who self-identified as “queer,” “transgender” or “bisexual” were not included in the analyses unless they also identified as lesbian or gay."

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