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Are 4% of young women in the UK on OnlyFans?

2025/6/18
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Brian McDowell
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Josephine Casserly
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Melissa Mielke
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Oliver Lodge
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Tim Harford
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Tim Harford: 我认为《太阳报》关于难民酒店账单的报道存在夸大。他们声称政府为难民酒店支付的费用高达47亿英镑，相当于曼彻斯特整个城市的税收。然而，这种说法存在几个问题。首先，47亿英镑并非全部用于酒店费用，还包括食物、生活补贴等其他支持。其次，《太阳报》计算税收的方式存在偏差，使得酒店费用看起来比实际更高。他们使用平均收入来计算税收，而实际上大部分税收是由高收入人群支付的。因此，我认为《太阳报》的报道具有误导性，夸大了难民酒店费用的规模。 Oliver Lodge: 作为国家审计署的负责人，我参与了关于政府为寻求庇护者提供支持的报告。我可以确认，《太阳报》报道的47亿英镑确实是政府在2023-24年度为寻求庇护者提供的总支持费用，而不仅仅是酒店费用。其中，约31亿英镑用于酒店住宿，但这部分费用还包括交通和相关服务。此外，我们预计2024-2025年度的庇护支持支出将降至39亿英镑。造成酒店费用高昂的原因是寻求庇护者人数的增加和庇护申请的积压，导致政府不得不使用更昂贵的酒店住宿。分散式住所的成本远低于酒店，因此政府正在努力将更多人转移到分散式住所。

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Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news, and in life. This week:

We debunk a false claim that the hotel bill for immigrants is the size of the tax bill for Manchester.

An article in the Spectator claimed that 4% of women aged between 18 and 34 in the UK are OnlyFans creators. We track down the source and discover that it is not very good.

Do people in Scotland use much more water than people in Yorkshire? If so, why?

And we examine a popular claim that today’s working mothers spend more time with their children than your stereotypical 1950s housewife did.

Make sure you get in touch if you’ve seen a number you think Tim and the team should take a look at. The email is [email protected]

Presenter: Tim Harford Reporter: Josephine Casserly Producers: Nicholas Barrett, Lizzy McNeill and David Verry Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon