Updated 30 November 2001, 17.24

			Fact File
	Pocket money facts
		Parents give only 60% of pocket money
		29% of boys spend all their money in the same week
		20% girls do too
		Girls mainly buy magazines
		Boys mainly buy computer games

And 69% of girls get pocket money, while only 62% of boys get something to put in the piggy bank.

All this information was discovered when the Halifax asked kids around the country about the pocket money.

Earning

Boys it seem have to work harder for their money too. On average boys get £1.75 a week from doing odd jobs compared with girls' £1.52.

Twenty-nine percent of boys also say they work up to two hours a week doing chores compared with only 12% of girls.

Saving and spending

Girls put more money aside than boys, with 44% saving an average of 99p a week, while only 35% of boys put aside about 81p.

But one thing you all do do with your money is spend it. Two-thirds of pocket money is spent on sweets and chocolate.