Percentage of singles who say they want a partner with an income at least equal to their own, according to a survey by Match.com: 86
Percentage who want a partner with a similar level of education: 89
Percentage who want a partner with a successful career: 90
Source: Match.com.
Among job candidates who ghost a prospective employer, percentage who say the reason is because the interview process was poor, according to a survey by Robert Half Technology: 33
Percentage who received another job offer: 29
Percentage who said it was not the job they expected: 23
Source: Robert Half Technology.
Among families with a working family head under age 65, percentage that had more than three months of their family income in liquid -- or emergency-type -- savings, according to a report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute: 24
Even when the liquid savings threshold was reduced to 75% of three months of family income, percentage that had liquid savings in excess of this amount: 25
Source: EBRI.
Value of annual U.S. retail sales of dog and cat treats, according to survey data from Packaged Facts: $9.87 billion
Percentage of pet owners who have increased their own consumption of plant-based foods since the start of the pandemic: 27
Percentage of pet owners expressing interest in plant-based proteins in pet treats: 54
Source: Packaged Facts.
Percentage of Americans who believe you should never ask your romantic partner about their salary or debt, according to a survey by CreditCards.com: 10
Percentage of U.S. adults who think it's OK to ask your partner about debt before you're engaged: 74
Percentage who find it fair to ask about a partner's credit score prior to popping the question or saying "yes": 68
Percentage who think it's fine to ask how much a partner is making: 74
Source: CreditCards.com.
Percentage of Americans who admit to primarily making emotional decisions about personal finance, according to a survey by GoBankingRates.com: 21
Percentage of Gen Z (those under 25) who said they make decisions primarily on emotion: 37
Source: GoBankingRates.com.
Ranks of financial secrets, irresponsible spending and high debt level on the list of the worst types of money problems for a relationship, according to a survey by WalletHub: 1, 2, 3
Percentage of people who would like to see "wallet scores" on dating apps: 33
Source: WalletHub.
As March Madness gets underway, ranks of John Calipari of Kentucky (salary: $8 million), Mike Krzyzewski of Duke ($7 million) and Jay Wright of Villanova ($6 million) on the list of basketball's highest-paid college coaches, according to Briefly News: 1, 2, 3
John Calipari's estimated net worth: $45 million
In June 2019, value of the 10-year contract Calipari signed: $86 million
Source: Briefly.
Idle Thought
"We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves." -- John Buchan, poet, novelist and politician (1875-1940)