The average American uses over nine times more water per year than the average Briton-1,870 m3 compared to 205 m3. [The World Bank, 1996]
More than 80 per cent of US film industry revenue in 1995 came from just four films, and fewer than one in six films lasts more than two weeks on cinema screens. [Economic Journal, November 1996]
More than one in four fathers aged 33 work 50 or more hours a week, and those that do so are less likely to be involved in family activities.[ Parenting in the 1990s, Joseph Rowntree Foundation]
In 1992-93, the export value of international students to the British economy was over ?716m, twice the volume of coal, gas and electricity exports combined. [Briefing, Prospect, December 1996, p54]
The Dutch are Europe's biggest spenders on clothing-13 per cent of annual household expenditure. Italians allocate 9 per cent and the French and British tie on 6 per cent. [Visa International, 1996]
In 1992 there were 13.2 offences per 100 population in the north of England, compared to 12.3 in Greater London and only 4 in Northern Ireland. [Britain in
Figures 1997, The Economist]
Nine per cent of women aged 16-24 in the UK play tenpin bowls or skittles regularly. [Social Trends, Central Statistical Office, 1996]
"Education for citizenship" in secondary schools is important for 36 per cent of adult Britons, compared with 77 per cent in the US. [Britain in Figures 1997, The Economist]
