This statistic shows the results of a 2011 survey among American boys and girls aged 16 to 18 on their financial sources. 67 percent of surveyed teenagers said they got their money from some form of job, while 34 percent stated they received a weekly allowance.
Teenagers: Where do you get your money?
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Charles Schwab Corporation. (December 31, 2011). Teenagers: Where do you get your money? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/
Charles Schwab Corporation. "Teenagers: Where do you get your money?." Chart. December 31, 2011. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/
Charles Schwab Corporation. (2011). Teenagers: Where do you get your money?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/
Charles Schwab Corporation. "Teenagers: Where Do You Get Your Money?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/
Charles Schwab Corporation, Teenagers: Where do you get your money? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/ (last visited December 09, 2023)
Teenagers: Where do you get your money? [Graph], Charles Schwab Corporation, December 31, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247840/where-american-teenagers-get-their-money/