13 August 2012, 130812, mobile phone calls, personal email, Social Media, technologies, text messages, voice mail, work email
Q. How often do you check any of the following technologies?
|
At least once every 15 minutes |
At least once an hour |
Every few hours |
At least once a day |
Less often |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
| Text messages |
7% |
16% |
28% |
27% |
13% |
2% |
7% |
| Mobile phone calls |
7% |
16% |
28% |
28% |
14% |
2% |
5% |
| Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) |
3% |
10% |
16% |
27% |
21% |
* |
23% |
| Personal e-mail |
6% |
13% |
29% |
45% |
6% |
* |
1% |
| Work email |
12% |
14% |
15% |
14% |
5% |
* |
39% |
| Voice mail |
3% |
5% |
9% |
15% |
29% |
2% |
38% |
|
Total at least once every 15 minutes |
Aged 18-24 |
Aged 25-34 |
|
| Text messages |
7% |
19% |
11% |
| Mobile phone calls |
7% |
13% |
10% |
| Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) |
3% |
9% |
7% |
| Personal e-mail |
6% |
10% |
12% |
| Work email |
12% |
11% |
22% |
| Voice mail |
3% |
1% |
7% |
|
Total at least once an hour |
Aged 18-24 |
Aged 25-34 |
|
| Text messages |
23% |
59% |
33% |
| Mobile phone calls |
23% |
46% |
34% |
| Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) |
13% |
42% |
24% |
| Personal e-mail |
19% |
33% |
29% |
| Work email |
26% |
30% |
42% |
| Voice mail |
8% |
10% |
13% |
12% say they check work emails ever 15 minutes and 26% check them at least once an hour. 23% check text messages and mobile phone calls at least once an hour.
Respondents aged under 35 were by far the most frequent users of mobile phones and social media.
19% of those aged 18-24 check their text messages and 13% check their mobile phone calls at least once every 15 minutes.
22% of those aged 25-34 check their work emails at least every 15 minutes.
At least every hour, 59% of those aged 18-24 check their text messages, 46% check their mobile phone calls and 42% check social media.