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Who would you rather spend Valentine’s Day with?

February 11, 2010

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If given the choice of spending this upcoming Valentine’s Day with your significant other or your pet, who would you choose?

A recent joint global poll by Reuters/Ipsos found that one fifth of adults would prefer to be with their pet.  The survey of 24,000 people in 23 countries found 21 percent of adults would rather spend February 14 with their pet than their spouse.

The survey also found that age and income were more of a determining factor than nationality when it came to romance, with younger, less affluent people more likely to choose their pet as their Valentine’s Day companion.

John Wright, senior vice president of Ipsos, said 25 percent of people aged under 35 opted for their pet over their partner compared to 18 percent of those aged 35-54 and 14 percent of people aged 55 plus.  Men and women were evenly split over the question.

On a country-by-country basis, residents of Turkey were the most likely, at 49 percent, to choose their pet over their spouse or partner.  Next came India with 41 percent, then Japan with 30 percent, China with 29 percent, the United States with 27 percent and Australia with 25 percent.

On the other hand, the nations where residents were the least likely to want to spend the day with a pet instead of their spouse or partner were France at 10 percent, Mexico 11 percent, the Netherlands 12 percent and Hungary at 12 percent.

So tell us, who’d you rather spend Valentine’s Day with?