British parents: decisions regarding frequency of pocket money 2016, by age of child

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 11, 2016

This statistic presents decisions taken by parents when it came to the frequency of giving out pocket money to children in the household in Great Britain as of January 2016, depending on age of kids. Over all age groups, the largest share of children received pocket money every week. In the age group from 15 to 18 the group of children who got monthly pocket money doubled in relative terms.

Frequency of giving pocket money to children in Great Britain as of 2016, by child's age

Characteristic	5-9	10-14	15-18
Once a week	64%	64%	49%
Once a month	13%	16%	30%
When they ask for it	7%	10%	14%
Topping up via prepaid debit card	2%	2%	3%
They do not receive pocket money regularly	12%	5%	3%
Other	2%	2%	1%

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Release date

February 2016

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

January 19th to 23rd, 2016

Number of respondents

1,533 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Parents of children aged five to eighteen.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The source adds further comments: "Quotas were set to ensure an even minimum sample of 500 parents of children aged between 5-9, 10-14 and 15-18. Data were weighted by age, gender and region to be representative by all parents in Great Britain."

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