Do your kids nag you to get a payday loan?

Do your kids nag you to get a payday loan?

22 October 2013
Payday loan adverts are, sadly, now even shown on children’s TV as well as other channels. Have they filtered into your child’s awareness?

Please ticks AS MANY AS APPLY as a result of watching payday loan TV ads.

Results

Children under 10 (868 people)
They’ve seen payday loan ads 522 votes (60%)
They’ve commented on payday loan ads 296 votes (34%)
They enjoy the slogans and see the ads as fun 246 votes (28%)
They’ve repeated the slogans of ads 304 votes (35%)
They’ve suggested you should take out a payday loan 108 votes (12%)
They’ve said something similar to “get a payday loan then”, if you’ve told them you won’t buy them something 120 votes (14%)
We don't let them watch any TV with adverts on / we don’t let them watch any TV / they're too young to understand TV 233 votes (27%)
Children aged 10-16 (631 people)
They’ve seen payday loan ads 502 votes (80%)
They’ve commented on payday loan ads 381 votes (60%)
They enjoy the slogans and see the ads as fun 158 votes (25%)
They’ve repeated the slogans of ads 226 votes (36%)
They’ve suggested you should take out a payday loan 113 votes (18%)
If you've told them you won’t buy them something, they've said something similar to "get a payday loan then" 112 votes (18%)
We don't let them watch any TV with adverts on / we don’t let them watch any TV / they're too young to understand TV 28 votes (4%)
I don’t have children / children under 16 (1691 people)
  1691 votes (100%)

           2,855 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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