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On October 19, MMD Research Institute announced the results of the “2021 Fixed-Point Survey on Smartphone Dependence and Walking Smartphones”. The percentage of female teens who think that they are heavily dependent on smartphones is particularly high at 29.8%, and when asked whether it would be a problem to lose their wallet or smartphone, 57.4% in their 20s answered “smartphone”. increase.
17.6% of respondents are “quite dependent” on smartphones
The “2021 Fixed-Point Survey on Smartphone Dependence and Walking Smartphones” was conducted on the Internet on October 5, 2021 for men and women between the ages of 15 and 69 who own smartphones, and valid responses were obtained from 563 people.
When asked if they think they are dependent on their smartphones, 17.6% said they were “quite dependent” and 54.7% were “somewhat dependent”, for a total of about 70% depending on their smartphones. I am aware that there is.
The number of respondents who said they were “quite dependent” was almost flat from 2020 (17.3%) and slightly decreased from 2019 (21.2%).
By gender, the percentage of female teens (29.8%), male teens and female 30s (25.5%) was high for “quite dependent”.
60% of “smartphones for a short waiting time”
When asked what they think is applicable to smartphone addiction (multiple answers allowed), “play with smartphone in a short waiting time” 60.0%, “when sleeping, put the smartphone on the bedside” 56.0%, “information Most of the collection sources are smartphones. ”44.4% were the top three items.
The number of respondents who say that it is a problem to lose a smartphone from a wallet is increasing.
When asked whether it would be a problem if they lost their smartphone or wallet, 54.5% answered “wallet” and 45.5% answered “smartphone”. Looking at the transition from 2019, we can see that the proportion of “smartphones” tends to increase.
By age group, the most common answer was “wallet” in their 50s (64.1%), and the most common answer was “smartphone” in their 20s (57.4%).
The reason why it is troublesome to lose a smartphone is personal information, internet, smartphone payment
When asked why (multiple answers allowed) were given to those who said that it would be a problem to lose their smartphone rather than their wallet, the top answer was “because it contains personal information” (67.2%).
Below, “because I can’t get in touch” 51.6%, “because I can’t use the internet” 34.0%, “because I can’t pay with smartphone payment” 33.6%, “because I manage my point card with my smartphone” 31.6%, etc. It continues with.
Walking smartphones, more than 90% answered “dangerous”
69.6% of respondents answered “I think it’s dangerous” and 23.8% said “I think it’s a little dangerous” about walking smartphones, and a total of 93.4% feel that it is dangerous.
Looking at the transition from 2019, the percentage of people who feel dangerous tends to decrease slightly.
When asked about the experience of being injured by a person who is walking on a smartphone, 11.0% of the respondents answered that they had “experience”.
When asked about the content of collisions and injuries to 415 people (73.7% of the total) who answered that they had walked on a smartphone, the most common answer was “I bumped into something” (16.6%). 8.4% answered “That” and 3.9% answered “Falled”.
73% of walking smartphone regulations “necessary”
When asked if they think that the regulation of walking smartphones is necessary, “I think it is necessary” was the highest at 73.0%. Compared to 2020, it is almost flat, but compared to 2019 (50.4%), the number of respondents who say “I think it is necessary” is increasing.
When we asked people who answered that they needed to regulate walking smartphones (multiple answers allowed), the most common answer was “I wish there was a law to regulate (Road Traffic Act, etc.)”. It was 58.6% of.
Some local governments enforce the walking smartphone prohibition ordinance
In July 2020, Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, enforced the nation’s first ordinance banning walking smartphones.
Railroad operators and mobile phone operators nationwide are also conducting campaigns to alert them not to walk and use smartphones at facilities such as stations.
Source: MMD Laboratory
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