DIVA Survey

DIVA – LESBIAN

The average income of a DIVA reader is £21,593 per annum.

The average for respondents working full-time is £24,783 per annum.

ASHE Gender Pay Survey published a UK national average as £18,531 for women in full-time work.

Lesbian online Shopping and banking

DIVA READERS - 79% have purchased something on-line in the past 3 months.

Average amount spent on-line in the previous 3 months (across the total sample) was £394.

16.7% had spent upwards of £500 in that period.

38% are regular Internet banking users.

90% spent time on-line each week, which averaged out at 8.3 hours per week

Lesbians & Travel

DIVA readers who’d travelled at least once in the last 12 months 52% travelled for leisure purposed internationally 3.5 times in that time period.

The top 5 most popular intended travel destinations were Spain 39%, France 36%, Ireland 32%, USA 31%, and Greece 29%.

Relationships & Civil Partnership

70% of DIVA readers are currently in a relationship (of which 46% currently live with their partner) and 29% are single.

43% of DIVA readers preferred Civil Partnership to Full Marriage (38%). Of those in relationships, 54% of the DIVA sample intended to register their partnership in the near future. 71% of this DIVA sample intend to take a honeymoon.

Source:OutNow Consulting / DIVA Reader Survey 2005

We have just commissioned a new gay and lesbian survey with Out Now Consulting, which will survey Pink Paper, Gay Times and DIVA readers. Check back in November 2007 for the results.

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