This statistic shows the result of a survey on smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, broken down by age group. In 2020, around 40.4 percent of smartphone users between 20 and 29 years old were overdependent on their smartphone. The same was true for 35.8 percent of adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years.
Share of smartphone users with smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by age group
Figures refer to smartphone user groups at high/potential risk levels of smartphone overdependency. Smartphone dependency is classified as high risk, potential risk, and general user group according to smartphone overdependency scale by National Information Society Agency (NIA) in 2016.
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Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea). (March 10, 2021). Share of smartphone users with smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971487/south-korea-smartphone-overdependence-risk-by-age/
Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea). "Share of smartphone users with smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by age group." Chart. March 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971487/south-korea-smartphone-overdependence-risk-by-age/
Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea). (2021). Share of smartphone users with smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971487/south-korea-smartphone-overdependence-risk-by-age/
Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea). "Share of Smartphone Users with Smartphone Overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971487/south-korea-smartphone-overdependence-risk-by-age/
Ministry of Science and ICT (South Korea), Share of smartphone users with smartphone overdependence in South Korea in 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971487/south-korea-smartphone-overdependence-risk-by-age/ (last visited June 29, 2022)
