Couples with children spend most on overseas online stores

Chinese parents, especially those with children under the age of 6, have become the largest spenders on overseas online stores, according to a survey released by payment service provider PayPal Inc on Friday.

Three-quarters of 1,500 interviewees who use overseas shopping platforms are married. Couples with children spend 15 percent more than childless couples and 39 percent more than their peers who are single, the survey found.

About 47 percent of the respondents have children under 6, and members of this group have a higher-than-average annual household income of 408,800 yuan ($66,000). Sixty percent of them live in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.