Gender pay gap even extends to pocket money as girls get five per cent LESS than boys
- Girls get an average of £265 a year, £5.10 a week, which is £14 less than boys
- The biggest gender pocket money gap occurs at 11 — with £371 a year for girls
- The figures are based on a sample size of 75,000 youngsters aged six to 18
By Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 20:24 EDT, 14 July 2019 | Updated: 20:38 EDT, 14 July 2019
The gender pay gap exists all the way down the age scale to girls as young as eight, according to a study of pocket money and earnings for the nation’s youngsters.
Based on annual pocket money receipts, including payments for chores, girls of eight get an average of £265 a year – £5.10 a week – which is £14 less than boys.
This same disparity can be seen all the way through to those aged 15 with the biggest gender pocket money gap occurring at 11 – with £371 a year for girls compared with £404 for boys.
Based on annual pocket money receipts, including payments for chores, girls of eight get an average of £265 a year – £5.10 a week – which is £14 less than boys (file image)
The figures, which show an average gap of 5 per cent, are based on a sample size of 75,000 youngsters aged six to 18 and combined with evidence collected by experts at University College London’s Consumer Data Research Centre. And they are expected to spark some heated debates over the nation’s breakfast tables as young girls insist on greater pocket money parity with their brothers.
The research was sponsored by Gohenry, which is the prepaid pocket money card and app for six to 18-year-olds, and designed to measure the income and shopping habits of Generation Z – which is defined as those born after 1998.
The figures, which show an average gap of 5 per cent, are based on a sample size of 75,000 youngsters aged six to 18 and combined with evidence collected by experts at University College London’s Consumer Data Research Centre (file image)
Chief executive and co-founder of Gohenry, Louise Hill, said: ‘Notably, although less than the median UK gender pay gap of 9.6 per cent, our report shows a pocket money pay gap of 5 per cent among British children aged 8-15 with boys earning on average £20 per year more than girls.’
She added: ‘The key thing with this generation is to make sure they’re learning to manage their money from an early age so that when they go out into the world they’ve got the money skills they need to navigate it successfully.’
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