The tooth fairy pays out on average £1.49 per tooth collected. That is a five percent rise on 2016.
Children living in London get the most. This means that they receive about £1.88 per tooth. Those that live in the South West wake up to a lower payment of £1.18 under their pillows.
Researchers asked 973 tooth fairies how much they left under the pillows of children in return for a tooth or two. They found it varied on where the children lived.
“Children love getting a visit from the tooth fairy and are excited tell their classmates what they found under their pillow. Our research shows that £1 is the common amount, but there are lots of kids that receive more or less and kids talk.
So many parents end up giving their kids a bit more for the next tooth, otherwise they need to come up with a good reason why the tooth fairy doesn’t leave the same amount for everyone.”
Tooth Fairy visits in other parts of the UK and Ireland
Northern Ireland children have had a decrease in the pennies left for their teeth. Each can expect to be finding £1.70 under their pillow following a visit from the tooth fairy. This would have been £2.14 per tooth in 2016.
Children in the North East and Scotland have had their payments reduced twice in the last 12 months by 27p and 12p.
42% of tooth fairies leave children £1 for single tooth left under their pillow. 15% of children receive £2 and about one in ten children are left 50p.
Tooth fairies visit nearly three-quarters of UK homes regularly. This is a six percent increase on visits made in 2015, and only 82 percent of children get a visit from the tooth fairy in East Anglia.
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