How Many People Have Stayed with a Partner for Financial Reasons?

If you ever needed a reason to make your own money, and not depend on someone else, here comes a compelling stat:


A survey conducted earlier this year of 2K people in the U.K. revealed that 16% of Brits have stayed in a relationship because of financial reasons in the past. In the present, 28% of Brits are staying in relationships due to financial reasons (though that may not be the only reason).

Some of the aforementioned financial concerns are that 35% of respondents said they couldn’t cover living expenses without their partner’s help, and 10% said their partner paid for luxuries.

I have some questions about methodology here: We don’t know the age ranges of the respondents, or how much they make, among many other things. We can’t extrapolate to see if this is true of any other countries.

How Many People Have Stayed with a Partner for Financial Reasons?

About The Author
- Sarah Ewald runs Sex & Stats: Where Numbers Come to Bang, a blog that focuses on takes a quantitative look at the various aspects of sexuality using statistics, economics and analytics. She started her blog in September 2014. Sarah is fluent in French, completed a documentary, and is a beast at bar trivia.