Q. Thinking about how you use your smartphone (or IPhone), do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Based on the 936 respondents who own smartphones)
| Total agree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Agree Jan 2016 | |||
| I check my phone while driving | 20% | 3% | 17% | 25% | 53% | 2% | 20% | ||
| I am anxious when I can’t check messages | 22% | 4% | 18% | 36% | 40% | 2% | 28% | ||
| I sometimes send messages/emails before thinking them through | 30% | 5% | 25% | 37% | 31% | 2% | 28% | ||
| I ignore actual conversations to check my phone | 20% | 4% | 16% | 38% | 40% | 2% | 18% | ||
| I check my phone before I get out of bed | 46% | 11% | 35% | 21% | 30% | 2% | 45% |
| Total agree | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | ||
| I check my phone while driving | 20% | 22% | 18% | 34% | 18% | 5% | |
| I am anxious when I can’t check messages | 22% | 25% | 20% | 32% | 11% | 9% | |
| I sometimes send messages/emails before thinking them through | 30% | 32% | 28% | 48% | 28% | 8% | |
| I ignore actual conversations to check my phone | 20% | 22% | 16% | 34% | 16% | 4% | |
| I check my phone before I get out of bed | 46% | 45% | 48% | 75% | 42% | 16% |
46% check their smartphone before they get out of bed, 22% say they are anxious when they can’t check messages and 30% sometimes send messages/emails before thinking.
Younger people are much more likely to do these things than older people. 75% of those aged 18-34 check their phone before they get out of bed and 48% send messages/emails without thinking.
There has been little change since this question was asked in 2015, apart from a drop in the proportion who say they are anxious when they can’t check messages (down 6% to 22%).