This statistic shows wireless mobile users responses to a survey question about whether they perform other tasks while also using their smartphone or other wireless mobile devices. In 2012, 36 percent of wireless mobile technology consumers in the United States reported that they either almost always or sometimes used their device while in a restaurant.
Please look at the statements below and indicate how often you use your mobile wireless device while also doing other tasks.
(% almost always or sometimes)
Wireless mobile technology consumers including a small sample of elites**
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The global online survey was conducted with 4,700 respondents in 7 countries. Part of the sample in each country included 'elites'. Sample sizes were as follows; The United States (n=1,000, elites: n=100), Brazil (n=500, elites: n=100), China (n=500, elites: n=100), India (n=500, elites: n=100), Indonesia (n=500, elites: n=100), Korea (n=500, elites: n=100), and the United Kingdom (n=500, elites: n=100). An identical survey was administered by telephone in South Africa with 300 respondents, 50 of which were classed as elites.
** Classification of elites: high income/wealth, highly educated, regularly follow current events.
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Qualcomm. (August 16, 2012). Please look at the statements below and indicate how often you use your mobile wireless device while also doing other tasks. (% almost always or sometimes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241159/usage-of-wireless-mobile-devices-while-doing-other-tasks/
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Qualcomm. (2012). Please look at the statements below and indicate how often you use your mobile wireless device while also doing other tasks. (% almost always or sometimes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241159/usage-of-wireless-mobile-devices-while-doing-other-tasks/
Qualcomm. "Please Look at The Statements below and Indicate How Often You Use Your Mobile Wireless Device While Also Doing Other Tasks. (% Almost Always or Sometimes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241159/usage-of-wireless-mobile-devices-while-doing-other-tasks/
Qualcomm, Please look at the statements below and indicate how often you use your mobile wireless device while also doing other tasks. (% almost always or sometimes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241159/usage-of-wireless-mobile-devices-while-doing-other-tasks/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Please look at the statements below and indicate how often you use your mobile wireless device while also doing other tasks. (% almost always or sometimes) [Graph], Qualcomm, August 16, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241159/usage-of-wireless-mobile-devices-while-doing-other-tasks/
