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Title: Allocation of Allowances and Associated Family Practices.
Language: English
Authors: Kerr, M. Kaye, Cheadle, Tannis
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 1996
Document Type: Reports - Research
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Home Management, Intermediate Grades, Money Management, Parent Attitudes, Resource Allocation, Rewards, Socioeconomic Status
Geographic Terms: Canada
Abstract: This study gathered information on general family practices concerning allowances given to children, parental reasons for the provision of allowances, the bases for their administration, and the frequency of conflicts generated around them. The subjects were 81 parents of elementary school children in a midwest Canadian city. Subjects completed questionnaires, and factor analyses of parent reasons for providing allowances were compared to the factors generated by Feather's Australian investigation. This study corroborated Feather's earlier findings on the factors influencing parents' decisions to give allowances: (1) family concerns (such as harmony); (2) child independence/monetary education; and (3) children's needs. Results also indicated that parents were consistent in their principles for allowances and rewards, since parents who did not increase allowance for good behavior were less likely than parents who did to decrease allowance for bad behavior. The same pattern of principles was apparent for grades. In addition, the parents perceived conflicts to be generated from children comparing allowances with their peers, or comparing their family practices with the practices of other families. Results suggest that although the relationship between income and allowances requires further investigation, the analysis of allowance practices per se is most effectively pursued in families who are able to provide beyond the bare necessities of life. (Contains 16 references.) (MOK)
Entry Date: 1997
Accession Number: ED400119
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  Data: This study gathered information on general family practices concerning allowances given to children, parental reasons for the provision of allowances, the bases for their administration, and the frequency of conflicts generated around them. The subjects were 81 parents of elementary school children in a midwest Canadian city. Subjects completed questionnaires, and factor analyses of parent reasons for providing allowances were compared to the factors generated by Feather's Australian investigation. This study corroborated Feather's earlier findings on the factors influencing parents' decisions to give allowances: (1) family concerns (such as harmony); (2) child independence/monetary education; and (3) children's needs. Results also indicated that parents were consistent in their principles for allowances and rewards, since parents who did not increase allowance for good behavior were less likely than parents who did to decrease allowance for bad behavior. The same pattern of principles was apparent for grades. In addition, the parents perceived conflicts to be generated from children comparing allowances with their peers, or comparing their family practices with the practices of other families. Results suggest that although the relationship between income and allowances requires further investigation, the analysis of allowance practices per se is most effectively pursued in families who are able to provide beyond the bare necessities of life. (Contains 16 references.) (MOK)
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