Spending less due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020

As of May 31, some 49 percent of respondents in the United States stated that they spend less than usual on clothing due to the pandemic.
Have a look at the statistic on products and services people spend more on due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the same survey.

Products and services people spend less than usual on due to the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany 2020 (as of May 31)

Characteristic	Germany	United Kingdom	United States
Going out (e.g. restaurants, cinemas, pubs / bars)	74%	83%	77%
Travel (e.g. public transport, vacations)	67%	77%	70%
Services (e.g. hairdresser)	61%	76%	69%
Clothing	41%	60%	49%
Consumer electronics, household appliances, furniture	28%	39%	34%
Hobbies	27%	30%	26%
Investments	31%	25%	26%
Food and drinks (e.g. shopping, takeaways, delivery)	16%	23%	23%
Childcare	19%	22%	22%
Home entertainment (e.g. video, games, books)	11%	19%	19%
Insurance	13%	17%	19%
Housing, energy, maintenance (e.g. electricity, waste disposal, DIY)	12%	14%	13%
Health and hygiene (e.g. medicine, hand sanitizer)	7%	6%	8%
Household cleaning products	8%	8%	8%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

May 25 to 31, 2020

Number of respondents

2,137 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased as follows: "Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:"
Multiple answers were possible.

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