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This year Russian families spent 12728 rubles on the average for preparing their children for school. This is 12% more than it was a year ago

 

MOSCOWAugust 31, 2011. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOIM) presents the data concerning the amount of money Russian parents spend to prepare their children for school.

 

The most expensive item for parents to prepare their children for school is school supply: 68% of Russians spent money on that this year. This is followed by the purchase of school uniform, sportswear and sports shoes et cet. (66%). Other expensive items are as follows: books and training materials (64%) and purchase of school bag (62%).  Least of Russians spent on flowers and presents for teachers (49%), and school contributions (40%). The least popular item is voluntary sponsorship contribution (22%). After a small decrease all the expenditures stated above have increased.

 

The average amount of expenditures has increased by 12%, compared to the previous year, and makes up 12728 rubles.  The most expensive item is still the purchase of school uniform:  it costs about 5138 rubles. This is followed by books and training materials (1930 rubles in average), school contributions (1558 rubles), school supplies (1320 rubles) and school bag (1315 rubles).  The most economical item is voluntary sponsorship fee (747 rubles) and buying flowers and presents for teachers (720 rubles). 

 

Generally speaking, the amount of money spent on different items has increased, such as school uniform (5138 rubles versus 4355 rubles a year ago). The expenditures for school needs, school supplies, school bag, flowers and presents for teachers have also increased (from 1311 to 1558 rubles, from 1172 to 1320 rubles, from 1201 to 1315 rubles, and from 536 to 727 rubles respectively). On the other hand, the average sums of money spent on books and training materials and voluntary sponsorship fee have slightly decreased (from 1972 to 1930 rubles and from 788 to 740 rubles respectively).

 

The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on August 27-28, 2011. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.

 

 

Dynamics of growth of expenditures on preparation for school

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

General expenditures

6157rub

6790 rub

7559 rub.

8887 rub.

10782 rub.

11335 rub

12728 rub

Increase of expenditures (%) against previous year

-

10%

11%

18%

21%

5%

12%

 

 

 

Dynamics of growth of expenditures on preparation for school

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

General expenditures

6157rub

6790 rub

7559 rub.

8887 rub.

10782 rub.

11335 rub

12728 rub

Increase of expenditures (%) against previous year

-

10%

11%

18%

21%

5%

12%

 

 

If you have school-age children in our family,

how much money have you spent per child to prepare him/her for school?
 (close-ended question, one answer per each position, average meaning, rubles)

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

General expenditures

6 157

6 790

7 559

8 887

10 782

11335

12 728

School uniform (sportswear, sports shoes, other clothes and shoes for school)

2 904

2 664

3 414

4 220

5 154

4 355

5 138

Books, workbooks and training materials

765

851

940

2 060

1 719

1 972

1 930

School supply (pencil cases, notebooks, pens, albums et cet.)

592

581

674

1 105

1 230

1 172

1 320

School bag  

537

575

746

837

989

1 201

1 315

Contributions for school needs agreed with school administration and other parents (security, equipment, detergents et cet)

540

731

655

835

961

1 311

1 558

Voluntary sponsorship fee

707

387

697

733

747

788

740

Flowers and presents for teachers for the 1st of Sept.

236

392

341

546

536

536

727

 

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