Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:46:24 -0700
From: Carl Kadie <carlk@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [IP] more on RIAA Sues a 12-year old girl
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To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
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Adam L. Beberg writes:
> In 1997 a survey of 12-18 year old kids found the average allowance was
$100/week (Ohio St. U).
That figure didn't seem reasonable, so I spend a few minutes tracking it
down. Enclosed is a summary of a newspaper article.
- Carl Kadie
carlk@xxxxxxx
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Kids' $50 Allowance Has Experts Divided Over Division
Seattle Times, June 4, 2000, Local News; Pg. B1
RIVERA, RAY
This article discusses the controversy over Jay Zagorsky's study of NLSY79
data that found that teen "parental transfers" (reported as "allowances" in
the media) amounted to $50 a week. Other researchers using NLSY data found
dissimilar results. The discrepancy occurred because of different methods in
interpreting two questions of the NLSY survey: (1) "In total, how much
allowance did you receive during 1997?" and (2) "Did you receive this amount
weekly, monthly, or some other way?" Zagorsky's analysis assumes that the
answers to the two questions are connected, while Sabrina Pabilona's study,
which found for a $8.24/week allowance, interpreted the two questions as
unconnected.
http://www.nlsbibliography.org/qtitle.php3?myrow[0]=4324