Global adults allowing friends and family to use work device by country 2021

A 2021 survey revealed that 30 percent of respondents from the United States allowed their friends and family members to use their employer-issued devices to check and respond to personal e-mails. Furthermore, 20 percent of respondents from Germany allowed their friends or family members to use their employer-issued devices for playing games.

Share of adults worldwide allowing friends and family to use their employer-issued device in 2021, by country and activity

Characteristic	Australia	France	Germany	Japan	Spain	United Kingdom	United States
Check/respond to e-mail	19%	18%	22%	20%	34%	20%	30%
View/post to social media	13%	14%	17%	18%	29%	16%	26%
Stream media (music, videos)	19%	14%	18%	13%	28%	16%	28%
Shop online	22%	19%	27%	13%	36%	20%	34%
Read news stories	20%	18%	20%	25%	38%	19%	24%
Research (new products, travel)	19%	19%	15%	24%	26%	18%	23%
Play games	14%	19%	20%	10%	22%	19%	26%
Not sure how they use my device	4%	5%	6%	3%	4%	4%	3%
None of these	52%	44%	44%	51%	31%	49%	39%

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May 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

Special properties

working adults; multiple responses were possible

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows:"Which of these activities do you allow friends/family to do on your employer-issued device? (multiple responses allowed.)" Data is based on a survey of more than 3,500 working adults across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source did not provide an exact date of survey.

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