SPARE TIME : | : EATING HABITS / HEALTH : | : LIFE STYLE / CONDITIONS

SPARE TIME :
• Only 21% of the Spanish Population reads 1 hour per day.

• Men read mostly newspapers and women usually read books.

• 82% of the Spanish population watches TV, with an average of 2,5 hours per day.

• Usually Spanish women have 1 hour less of spare time per day than Spanish men due to their dedication to house chores in addition to their own jobs.

• Only 15% of the movies watched in movie theaters in Spain are Spanish movies. The rest are all American movies.

• Other perennial weak points of Spain's economy include one of the lowest rates of investment in Research and Development, and in education in the EU. Spain only invests 4,4% of the public funds in education.

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EATING HABITS / HEALTH:

GOOD
• 69% of the Spanish population eats fruit every day.

• 41% eats fish about 3 times a week.

• 40% eats vegetables daily.

• 25% eats legumes at least 3 times a week.

• 69% of the Spanish population eats fruit every day.

• 90% consumes dairy product daily.


BAD
• 28% of the Spanish population smokes daily.

• 34% are sitting all the time at their job.

• 13% are obese.

• 11% of Spanish kids (under 16) have cavities

• 42% of the Spanish population sleeps 7 hours or less.


OTHER
• 71% of the Spanish citizens consider that they are in good health and feel good, however, 55% of them admit that they consumed a medication within the last 2 weeks.

• 28% of the people have visited the doctor within the last two weeks.

• 38% of women visit the dentist at least once a year. 33% of men also visit the dentist once a year.

• Spain is the country with the biggest amount of organ donors and transplants in the world.

• 60% of the Spanish doctors are men and 40% are women. However, if we only consider doctors under the age of 45, 56% of them are women. 45% of Spanish doctors are under 45.

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LIFE STYLE / CONDITIONS:
EXPENSES
• Transportation, the consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco have the highest annually growth.
• Inflation rate in Spain is 3%.
• The average expense of a Spanish citizen per year is about 7000 Euros (about $8500).
• 30% of the public money in Spain is spent in medicine. Spain has a public health system that assists every citizen in case of illness, accident, etc. Rarely anybody has a private medical insurance as everything is totally covered by the public health.
• 85% of the real estate property in Spain is privately owned; only 15% of the property in Spain is being rented. People tend to purchase their homes, even though the average price of a Spanish home is 2,510 Euros per Square Meter, which is about $280 per square foot.
• 90% consumes dairy product daily.


TECHNOLOGY
• 79% of Spanish homes have a photo camera.
• 69% of Spanish homes have at least an encyclopedia.
• 97% of Spanish homes have a radio / CD / Cassette Player.
• 33% of Spanish homes have at least one musical instrument.
• 99,5% of Spanish homes have at least one television.
• 20% of Spanish homes have a video camera and a slide projector.
• 48% of Spanish homes have a computer.
• 21% of Spanish homes have their Internet Access set up.
• 75% of Spanish homes have a VHS player.
• 46% of Spanish homes have a DVD player.

EMPLOYMENT
• 37% of Spanish young population (25 to 34 years old) still lives with their parents.
• 15% of Spanish old population (over 65 years old) lives alone.
• 46% of Spanish working population is formed by women.
• The unemployment rate in Spain is 11% and the unemployment rate for people under 25 years of age is 22%.
• The average annual income in Spain is 25,000 Euros, although some people with a college degree received 60% over that average.
• 51% of the Spanish businesses don’t have any employees. Only 5,4% of the Spanish business have more than 20 employees.
• Only 1% of the GPD is dedicated to Investigation and Development.

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