Friday, October 18, 2002

A story released today by BBC news reports that according to it’s own survey, women in the South West are happier being single than men are. The results showed single men are much more interested in getting married than their female counterparts. Over 4,000 singles responded to the questionnaire.

Around one in four people in the West Country who responded to the BBC's Going Solo survey said they were "happy" with their single status, compared to the national average of just over one in five.

Only 15% of single people here, who completed the survey, said they were positively "unhappy" to be single. But the region's bachelors were more interested in marriage than the spinsters, with over a quarter of men looking for marriage compared to just 15% of women.

For old and young alike in the South West, going on holiday was seen as a good way to meet new people - with 58% of the area’s over-55 single population and 74% of 17-25s looking for holiday romance.

Nationally the survey showed the UK’s single population look to work and the gym as two of the best ways of meeting new people, and give more conventional dating rituals like blind dates and Personal columns the thumbs down.