Households, Houses and Homes

The Eighty20 Lifestyle Audit

Take the lifestyle audit by answering the following questions. Click on each answer, and the proportion of South African adults that agree with you will pop up. So how typical are you?

  • Do you rent or own your house?
    Rent
    Own

  • Do you live in Sandton?
    Yes
    No

  • Do you drive a 4×4 / Sport Utility Vehicle?
    Yes
    No

  • Do you have a home loan, bond or mortgage from a big bank?
    Yes
    No

  • Have you purchased a watch or jewellery costing more than R700 in the past year?
    Yes
    No

  • Do you think it is worth paying a higher price for a well-known brand?
    Yes
    No

  • In the past year have any members of your household gone hungry because there was not enough food to eat?
    Yes
    No

  • Have you been to more than one funeral this year?
    Yes
    No

  • Have you purchased any large household appliances on credit this year?
    Yes
    No

  • Does it take you more than 30 minutes to get to your nearest clinic or family doctor using your usual means of transport?
    Yes
    No

  • Do you recycle or compost your waste?
    Yes
    No

  • Are you on Facebook?
    Yes
    No

  • Have you been robbed, assaulted or had your house broken into this year?
    Yes
    No

  • Did you work more than 30 hours this week?
    Yes
    No

  • Do you personally have any of the following investment vehicles?
    JSE Shares
    Mutual Funds/Unit Trusts

  • Do you own a car?
    Yes
    No

  • Has crime made you anxious about your personal safety?
    Very untrue
    Untrue
    True
    Very true

  • If you had to eat fast food, which of these would you prefer?
    KFC
    Chicken Licken
    Nando’s

  • Which newspaper are you most likely going to read this week?
    Daily Sun
    Business Day
    Sunday Times

  • Which of these alcoholic beverages are you most likely to consume?
    Smirnoff Spin
    Carling Black Label
    Johnnie Walker Black Label

  • Are you proud to be South African?
    Yes
    No

Sources: AMPS 2009B RA Individuals (adults 15+), FutureFact 2009 (adults 15+), Finscope 2009 (adults 16+), LFS 2009 Q4

2 Responses to “The Eighty20 Lifestyle Audit”

  1. Francois Euvrard says:

    I like the style of making something really simple yet enlightening. It shows the power of getting down to the actual quantification and certainly raised my interest. I will be back!
    :-)

  2. Clemen says:

    Wow, its really refreshing to see such simplicity in data mining (from various portals) and analysis. Please give an idea on the totals analyzed. Thank you. Will also be back

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