Two thirds of Australian children own smartphones: survey
Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:
More than two thirds of Australian children aged three to 17 own a smartphone and spend almost an entire day of the week on the device, a new report revealed on Monday.
The national communication carrier, Telstra, commissioned report by Maidstone Consulting and Empowered Communications, which discovered that children spent an average of 21 hours and 48 minutes per week on a smartphone.
Approximately 1,365 parents were surveyed, who said their major concerns regarding their children's use of smartphones was time wasting and cyber safety.
Two-thirds of parents said they had talked with their children about usage, but 25 percent said their children did not comply with their promise of limiting their time on smartphones.
According to the report, the average age of ownership is 12 years old, 10 year olds spend an average 14.7 hours on their phones and 17 year olds send an average 26.3 hours on their phones.
Parents said that Facebook and instant messaging were the most time consuming and distracting programs for their children. Endi