Women save more than men!

Not to dis our gender, but I tend to think of us as the ones with the shopping gene. Not that men don't spend money as I wrote here in my old NYT column a while back. Women just seem to spend more, or more frequently.

Not anymore! The recession might be making savers of us all, according to a new online survey by Pricegrabber.com. (Sadly, I can't link to the survey because it's not on their website--or not that I can find. I have the PDF.) The June 2009 Consumer Behavior Report: Economic Trends in Consumer Spending found that:

• Women economize more than men.   A higher percentage of women reported that they made an effort to spend less on dining out (74%), entertainment (72%), and purchasing online (55%) or purchasing in-store (69%) as compared to men.

And speaking of wants versus needs:

• Men see flat screen TVs and dishwashers as more of a necessity than most women.

Of course, women view that extra pair of sandals as a necessity. So we all have our issues.

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