In honor of Swiss Independence Day today, I have included some information I read about in "Blick am Abend" about the average Swiss citizen. I found it all very interesting.
The average Swiss citizen has been married for eight years, lives in a 4-room apartment, and owns a blue sofa.
The average Swiss wife gives up her career chances due to a lack of child day care and day-long school days. She is not happy about this.
The average wife cleans, cooks, and does laundry totaling an average of 53 hours a week (wow, this puts me to shame...) while the average man does housework for 26 hours a week. (And now we know why Swiss apartments are spotless and why our neighbor can't believe our mess).
The average man ears 6650 Francs a month (6353 USD). The wife contributes 2200 Francs (2102 USD) per month. For an average household income of 8850 Francs (8455 USD) a month.
Due to Swiss budgets, most entertainment consists of hiking in the mountains since that is free.
The Swiss spend a lot of money on food as they are "quality conscious".
90% shop at Migros or Coop (well, there really are no other stores...) and spend 5895 Francs on groceries a year.
99% of Swiss wash their hands after going to the bathroom. What more could you want to know?
Happy Swiss Independence Day!
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