For the 8.8 million single that reside in Italy life costs the 40% more than those who live in pairs, But it also reaches almost double (+80%) compared to an average family of three components. This is what emerges from a Coldiretti analysis on Widespread Istat data on the occasion of San Faustino, the day that follows Valentine’s Day and which is dedicated to sunshine people, of which the largest “slice” is represented by unmarried and celibates, about 3.6 million, together with others 3.1 million widows and widows and 2.1 million divorced and separated.
Regardless of the nature of the choice of being alone, it is a fact that from an economic point of view single life becomes more and more complicated. The average expenditure for food and drinks of a single is 337 euros per month, while the one with the head of a couple is 266 euros, which drops to 220 for a type of 3 people. To weigh it is often the lack of adequate formats but also the tendency to prefer i ready -made dishes, Not having the responsibility of cooking for other family members or, perhaps, little time available for the impossibility of starting the management of the house.
Just look at the gap between the expense for the dishes already packaged to be consumed and that, for example, for meat. In the first case i single spend 60% more than To that per capita of a couple, while in the second the gap it is just 18%. A problem for pockets but also for the health considering that they are often ultra-formulated foods, with the addition of aromas, enhancers, flavor, emulsifiers, sweeteners, thickeners, anti-sinking agents, glasses and much more, in various phases of production.
If you look at the home and bills for sunshine – continues Coldiretti – the increase in costs is more than 60% compared to couples and almost double (156%) compared to the average per capita of a family type of three . But the gap is also recorded in a while all the areas of daily life. If for someone to stay alone it is a very specific choice, the greatest difficulties related to the cost of living are recorded above all in the older bands, which are the ones that most struggle to reach the end of the month. The largest share of single people is, in fact, from over 65, over 4.1 million, against 2.8 million between 45 years and 65 and approximately 1.9 million under 45. In the latter band of However, the unmarried women are just 650 thousand – concludes Coldiretti – against over 1.2 million celibate males.