Whadda Week!: Weddings May be Somewhat Recession Proof

Monday, June 15, 2009

Weddings May be Somewhat Recession Proof

If you are getting married in the near future there is a new study from Press-Brides.com showing that the rituals of attending weddings, and giving couples gifts, while not totally recession proof, are still very important to family and friends, and somewhat resistant to the slow economy.

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Only 3 percent of Americans said they declined to attend an invitation to a wedding withing the past two years because of financial reasons. While 90% of of those who did attend a wedding purchased a gift for the couple.

Most guest do give gifts but think gifts should not be expected just because they are invited to a wedding.

The AP-Brides.com poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from May 28-June 1, 2009. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,000 adults, including 939 adults who have ever attended a wedding. The margin of error for those who have ever attended a wedding is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.