Frequency of pocket money given by child's gender in 2016 Britain

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 child's gender. Comparing boys and girls, the pattern in frequency was similar. The majority of all kids got their pocket money on a weekly basis. Boys had a slight tendency to a more weekly basis.

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

Characteristic	Boys	Girls
Once a week	60%	58%
Once a month	18%	21%
When they ask for it	11%	10%
Topping up cia prepaid debit card	2%	3%
They do not receive pocket money regularly	6%	7%
Other	3%	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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