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Saving money behavior in the United States 2017

Have you done or considered doing any of the following over the past six months in order to save money?

The data describes the ways of saving money in the U.S. in August 2017. The results of the survey revealed that 55% of the respondents purchased more generic brands in order to save money in the first half of 2017.

Purchasing more generic brands	55	16	19	10
Brown bagging lunch instead of purchasing it	45	13	13	29
Going to the hairdresser/barber/stylist less often	38	12	23	26
Switched to refillable water bottle instead of purchasing bottles of water	36	15	26	23
Cancelled one or more magazine subscriptions	24	9	19	48
Cancelled or cut back cable television service	34	22	27	17
Stopped purchasing coffee in the morning	24	11	24	40
Cancelled landline phone service and only using cell phone	28	16	26	30
Cut down on dry cleaning	20	8	16	57
Changed or cancelled cell phone service	20	17	45	17
Cancelled a newspaper subscription	22	9	19	50

Saving money behavior in the United States 2017

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