Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 10, 1993 TAG: 9309230291
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Melanie S. Hatter
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Baby-sitting is the most popular choice (31 percent), and flipping burgers was a close second (28 percent). The survey noted that regardless of job, teen boys earned an average of $10 more a week than girls.
The after-school job of their dreams was providing water for their favorite professional sports team, which tied for first place with working as a part-time MTV video jockey (20 percent each). Working part-time for President Clinton ranked last with 4 percent.
In addition to a part-time job, 76 percent of teens said they get an average of $14 spending money from their parents each week.
Regardless of how much money their children earn, parents said in a similar survey that they will continue to subsidize back-to-school shopping. On average, parents said they would spend $265 per child; 18 percent said they'd spend $100 or less and 5 percent said they'd spend $750 or more. Teens said that the one item they wished their parents would get them to start the school year was a computer (23 percent), beating out a cellular phone (10 percent) or CD player (9 percent). Presumably they can afford to buy those items themselves.
Topping the list of items teens would buy with their money was clothes (37 percent) and music, such as CDs and cassettes (18 percent).
Educational items came in last with 4 percent.
by CNB