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Teen Texting Habit – Why Text So Much? Survey Report

In the past, the most common way to communicate with someone was by calling or a face-to-face conversation. However, these came at a cost in the form of time. Each phone call or conversation would have to be somewhat lengthy. In this day and age, parcours obstacle gonflable pas cher especially among the younger generation, there is a desire to skip the formalities to hopefully get an answer in the shortest time possible. With rapid developments in technology and the ease of access to mobile phones, it is no wonder that texting has grown to become a more preferred form of communication.

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Texting term here refers to not just Water trampolines Costco SMS but also send text messages via Chat App or else.

At Jakpat, we polled 427 teenagers (13-17 years old) about their texting habits bouncy castle for sale, and here is what they told us.

An overwhelming majority of teenagers (88.52%) prefer texting to calling.

Q1 - preference for texting or calling

However, this does not mean that people avoid calling people at all. About 1 in 2 teenagers say that they spend less than 15 minutes per day on the phone. This means they are making at least one call a day. Only 15,93% say that they do not call at all.

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This means that the focus has turned to texting as a means of communication. Looking at the respondents as a whole, the largest group say that they send (32.08%) and receive (36.77%)  more than 100 text messages a day! If scaling back to look at 50 texts as substantial, about 1 in 2 teenagers say that the send and receive that many per day. With further analysis, it does seem to be the case that girls send and receive more texts than guys.Q3 - text messages sent per day

Q4 - text messages received per day

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So we know that teens prefer to text, but what exactly are they using it for? Not surprisingly, 2 in 3 say that they use it just for chatting. A little more than 1 in 2 text to find out about school assignments. As well, quite a bit use texting to make plans with friends (48.71%), check in with parents (42.15%), and flirt (41.45%). About 1 in 5 use gossip over texting; girls are four times more likely to do this than guys.

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Teenagers text many people. Take a look at how often they text certain people.

 

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Finally, we asked them where they text. Most text at home, but they will text anywhere and everywhere. Even when they should not be, teeangers are texting when they are in class. About 1 in girls will do this as well as 2 in 5 guys. Or, when they watching a movie, teenagers will also be texting.

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For more detail you can download XLS report at the button below. JAKPAT report consists of 3 parts which are 1) Respondent Profile, 2) Crosstabulation for each question and 3) Raw Data. Respondent profile shows you demographic profiles ( gendr,age range, locationby province, and monthly spending). Cross tabulation enables you to define different demographic segment preference on each answer.

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