Consumer Behaviour of Households

As respondents stated, 4% of households purchased a new flat last year, 8% bought a new car, 29% went on a holiday abroad and 46% bought new furnishings. 3% of households plan to buy a new flat in 2004, 4% want to buy a new car, 31% plan to buy a holiday abroad and 35% are already planning to purchase new furnishings. The survey further showed that 38% of respondents stated that they could not put money aside towards monthly savings and 32% evaluated their monthly savings to be as little as only up to a thousand Czech Crowns. 3% of people have monthly savings of over 5 thousand CZK. Some regular monthly savings were admitted by 36% of respondents, out of which 15% save the sum of up to a thousand CZK, 17% save between one to five thousand CZK and 4% pay more than 5 thousand CZK per months.