Table 1
Evaluation of smartphone use (per cent)
| All respondents 20+ | Respondents 20–35 years old | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pertaining to people in general (n = 2,387) | Pertaining to yourself (n = 2,387) | Difference | Pertaining to people in general (n = 585) | Pertaining to yourself (n = 562) | Difference | |
| Good at setting limits for use | 6 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Behave in disturbing ways | 24 | 2 | −22 | 18 | 4 | −14 |
| Knowledgeable about apps | 25 | 30 | 5 | 26 | 36 | 10 |
| Wasting one’s time on device | 50 | 25 | −25 | 55 | 41 | −14 |
| Easily distracted by device | 71 | 23 | −48 | 78 | 41 | −37 |
| Difficult being away from device | 71 | 19 | −52 | 70 | 28 | −42 |
| Leads to buying unnecessary stuff | 32 | 6 | −26 | 41 | 12 | −29 |
| Leads to better quality of life | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | −1 |
| Leads to less loneliness | 13 | 9 | −4 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| Leads to more stress | 44 | 14 | −30 | 45 | 23 | −22 |
| Gives important information about society | 50 | 47 | −3 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
| Gives meaningful culture | 17 | 16 | −1 | 21 | 20 | −1 |
| Gives tips about new goods and services | 34 | 28 | −6 | 39 | 35 | −4 |
Table 2
Evaluation of smartphone use among young adults (20–35 year old), by gender (per cent)
| …pertaining to people in general | …pertaining to yourself | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (n = 253) | W (n = 332) | M (n = 238) | W (n = 327) | M | W | |
| Good at setting limits for use | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Behave in disturbing ways | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | −14 | −14 |
| Knowledgeable about apps | 22 | 29 | 39 | 33 | 17 | 4 |
| Wasting one’s time on device | 48 | 59 | 29 | 49 | −19 | −10 |
| Easily distracted by device | 71 | 83 | 34 | 47 | −37 | −36 |
| Difficult being away from device | 64 | 75 | 20 | 34 | −44 | −41 |
| Leads to buying unnecessary things | 38 | 42 | 7 | 16 | −31 | −26 |
| Leads to better quality of life | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | −1 | −1 |
| Leads to less loneliness | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Leads to more stress | 48 | 44 | 18 | 27 | −30 | −17 |
| Gives important information about society | 51 | 59 | 55 | 57 | 4 | −2 |
| Gives meaningful culture | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | −2 | −3 |
| Gives tips about new goods and services | 35 | 43 | 33 | 37 | −2 | −6 |
[i] Comments: Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding smartphone use? Figures indicate the share who “Fully agree”; “Don’t know” answers were excluded from the analysis.
[ii] Grey fields indicate statistically significant relationships between gender and the dependent variable on at least the 0.05 level based on a Pearson Chi-Square test. Numbers in bold indicate significance on the 0.01 level.
Table 3
Evaluation of smartphone use among young adults (20–35 years old), by economic background (per cent)
| …pertaining to people in general | …pertaining to yourself | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy+ (n = 46) | Economy− (n = 70) | Economy+ (n = 42) | Economy− (n = 66) | Economy+ | Economy− | |
| Good at setting limits for use | 13 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Behave in disturbing ways | 22 | 27 | 7 | 6 | −15 | −21 |
| Knowledgeable about apps | 48 | 39 | 43 | 29 | −5 | −10 |
| Wasting one’s time on device | 56 | 58 | 48 | 38 | −8 | −18 |
| Easily distracted by device | 72 | 86 | 48 | 46 | −24 | −40 |
| Difficult being away from device | 70 | 81 | 29 | 38 | −41 | −43 |
| Leads to buying unnecessary things | 24 | 48 | 12 | 11 | −12 | −37 |
| Leads to better quality of life | 14 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 4 | −2 |
| Leads to less loneliness | 13 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 15 | −1 |
| Leads to more stress | 42 | 49 | 35 | 23 | −9 | −26 |
| Gives important information about society | 57 | 51 | 66 | 56 | 9 | 5 |
| Gives meaningful culture | 27 | 16 | 16 | 26 | −11 | 10 |
| Gives tips about new goods and services | 40 | 38 | 44 | 36 | 4 | −2 |
[i] Comments: Question: To waht extent do you agree with the folloing statements regarding smartphone use?
[ii] Economy+ includes respondents who “fully agree” that the household where they grew up was economically richer than others. Economy–includes respondents who do “not at all agree” that the household where they grew up was economically richer than others. The scale contained four steps. “Don’t know” answers were excluded from the analysis.
[iii] Grey fields indicate statistically significant linear relationships between perceived economic privilege (rated on a four-graded ordinal scale) and the dependent variable (rated on a four-graded ordinal scale) on at least the 0.1 level based on a Chi-Square test (Linear-by-Linear Association). Numbers in bold indicate significance on at least the 0.05 level.
Table 4
Evaluation of smartphone use among young adults (20–35 years old), by cultural background (per cent)
| …pertaining to people in general | …pertaining to yourself | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture+ (n = 138) | Culture− (n = 37) | Culture+ (n = 135) | Culture− (n = 35) | Culture+ | Culture− | |
| Good at setting limits for use | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8 | −6 |
| Behave in disturbing ways | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | −13 | −14 |
| Knowledgeable about apps | 33 | 22 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 13 |
| Wasting one’s time on device | 55 | 47 | 39 | 49 | −16 | 2 |
| Easily distracted by device | 76 | 78 | 39 | 41 | −37 | −37 |
| Difficult being away from device | 66 | 81 | 27 | 32 | −39 | −39 |
| Leads to buying unnecessary things | 39 | 47 | 12 | 11 | −27 | −36 |
| Leads to better quality of life | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | −2 | −6 |
| Leads to less loneliness | 22 | 15 | 21 | 16 | −1 | 1 |
| Leads to more stress | 46 | 43 | 23 | 19 | −23 | −24 |
| Gives important information about society | 62 | 49 | 59 | 43 | −3 | −6 |
| Gives meaningful culture | 23 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| Gives tips about new goods and services | 38 | 41 | 34 | 35 | −4 | −6 |
[i] Comments: Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding smartphone use?
[ii] Culture+ includes respondents who “fully agree” that the household where they grew up was marked by the presence of “books, music, art and other cultural expressions”. Culture− includes respondents who do “not at all agree” that the household where they grew up was marked by the presence of “books, music, art and other cultural expressions”. The scale contained four steps. “Don’t know” answers were excluded from the analysis.
[iii] Grey fields indicate statistically significant linear relationships between perceived cultural privilege (rated on a four-graded ordinal scale) and the dependent variable (rated on a four-graded ordinal scale) on the 0.1 level based on a Chi-Square test (Linear-by-Linear Association). Numbers in bold indicate significance on at least the 0.05 level.