The table illustrates how children of the age group 7 to 15 tend to spend on various items every week. The data is separated on the basis of gender with each item.
It can be observed how boys have more expenditure on items such as food purchases at 2.30, games, toys, pets for 2.50, computer software at about 2.50 and sporting activities with 0.90 per week, totaling to 12.4 in all categories. In contrast girls tend to like fashion ware like clothes and footwear, spending around 2.70 per week, personal care items for 0.60, magazines at 0.90, phones for 0.70, and miscellaneous expenses at 1.40, totaling at 13.60 per week.
In some categories, like travel, sporting activities, music, snacks and drinks, and other entertainment items, both the boys, and the girls are observed to have an almost similar expenditure, with only a distinction of 0.10 in items besides travel.
Overall, the boys seem to have a lower total expenditure at 12.4 per week, while girls seem to spend more at 13.60 on a weekly basis.