Boys paid 20p more for home chores

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Boys are paid around 20 pence more than girls for carrying out the same household chores, according to research suggesting that the gender pay gap starts at home.

Pocket money savings website PktMny analysed more than 3,800 household chores and tasks from its system undertaken by boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18.