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Mobile device usage behavior parents allowed children Great Britain 2014, by device
Mobile device usage behavior parents allowed children Great Britain 2014, by device
Which, if any, of the following does your child use the tablet or smartphone for?
by Statista Research Department,
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Feb 11, 2014
This statistic displays the smartphone and tablet behaviors parents reported their children carrying out in Great Britain as of January 2014. Education and learning activities were much more common among tablet users than among smartphone users, with 76 percent of parents reporting that their children used tablets for educational purposes.
Which, if any, of the following does your child use the tablet or smartphone for?
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| Tablet | Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing games | 86% | 72% |
| Education / learning | 76% | 21% |
| Browsing online | 73% | 51% |
| Watching videos | 72% | 37% |
| Downloading apps | 64% | 71% |
| Taking pictures or films | 48% | 79% |
| Social networking (e.g. Facebook or Twitter) | 46% | 61% |
| Chatting with friends | 40% | 73% |
| Video chat (e.g. Skype or FaceTime) | 39% | 29% |
| Watching TV | 38% | 10% |
| None of the above | 0% | 2% |
| Don't know | 0% | 1% |
| Tablet | Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing games | 86% | 72% |
| Education / learning | 76% | 21% |
| Browsing online | 73% | 51% |
| Watching videos | 72% | 37% |
| Downloading apps | 64% | 71% |
| Taking pictures or films | 48% | 79% |
| Social networking (e.g. Facebook or Twitter) | 46% | 61% |
| Chatting with friends | 40% | 73% |
| Video chat (e.g. Skype or FaceTime) | 39% | 29% |
| Watching TV | 38% | 10% |
| None of the above | 0% | 2% |
| Don't know | 0% | 1% |
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Feb 11, 2014
This statistic displays the smartphone and tablet behaviors parents reported their children carrying out in Great Britain as of January 2014. Education and learning activities were much more common among tablet users than among smartphone users, with 76 percent of parents reporting that their children used tablets for educational purposes.
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- Populus; BBC
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- Release date
- February 2014
- Region
- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Survey time period
- December 16, 2013 to January 1, 2014
- Number of respondents
- 2,002*
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- parents who had children who used a tablet or smartphone device; weighted
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- * n (tablet) = 2,002; n (smartphone) = 1,355
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- Populus; BBC
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- Show publisher information
- Release date
- February 2014
More information
- Region
- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Survey time period
- December 16, 2013 to January 1, 2014
- Number of respondents
- 2,002*
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- parents who had children who used a tablet or smartphone device; weighted
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- * n (tablet) = 2,002; n (smartphone) = 1,355
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