Q. With regard to work emails, how often do you check them in each of the following circumstances?

* Based on the 68% of respondents who receive work emails.

46% say they regularly check their work emails out of hours, 44% on weekends and 31% on holidays.

Those most likely to check their emails regularly out of hours were women (52%) and aged 45-54 (57%). Those earning under $1,000pw (54%) were more likely to check emails out of work hours than those earning over $1,000pw (44%).

However, there were no major differences across demographics on checking work emails on weekends or holidays.

Q. If you can’t check the following every 15 minutes do you get anxious?

9% say they get anxious if they can’t check their text messages every 15 minutes and 8% get anxious about mobile phone calls and work emails.

18% of those aged 18-24 get anxious about checking text messages every 15 minutes but are less concerned about social media and emails.

More than one in ten people aged 25-34 get anxious about checking each media every 15 minutes – especially mobile phone calls (16%), text messages (15%) and personal emails (15%).