This statistic presents information on the pocket money offered to boys and girls for performing household chores in the United Kingdom, as of July 2014. On average, more girls "earn" pocket money than boys for performing household chores: 45 percent of girls earned pocket money for tidying the bedroom and 39 percent of boys received money for the same chore.
Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore
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Lloyds Banking Group. (July 25, 2014). Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/
Lloyds Banking Group. "Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore." Chart. July 25, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/
Lloyds Banking Group. (2014). Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/
Lloyds Banking Group. "Share of Children Receiving Pocket Money for Chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by Gender and Chore." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jul 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/
Lloyds Banking Group, Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
Share of children receiving pocket money for chores in United Kingdom as of July 2014, by gender and chore [Graph], Lloyds Banking Group, July 25, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/328761/boys-and-girls-receiving-pocket-money-for-household-chores-uk/