5. Of 25 million American kids, 15
million get allowance:
Kids 7-9 get $4.10 weekly
Kids 10-12 get $8.70 weekly
15 million kids will get
$5 billion
as allowance in 2014
@savingssquir
Source:
http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/tables/
retrieved on April 14, 2014
Source: Harris Interactive (January 15, 2014). What's
the Going Rate for Allowances These Days?: Harris
Poll "Allowance Index" looks at American
perceptions on allowances [Press release]. Retrieved
from
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/Harris
Polls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/1364/ctl/ReadC
ustom%20Default/Default.aspx
This number was calculated by multiplying $4.1 or
$8.7 times 2.47million for each cohort year in our
target age group (94.87 million weekly dollars), then,
multiplying the total weekly amount by 52 ($4.93
billion).