Teenage use of mobile devices during the night
The survey found:
- Almost half (45%) of students admit they check their mobile device after going to bed. Of those:
- A quarter (23%) check their mobile device more than 10 times a night
- A quarter (25%) spend more than an hour on their mobile device after going to bed (just over 11% of the whole)
- A third (32%) of these students’ parents are not aware that they check their mobile device after going to bed
- Almost all (94%) of these students are on social media after going to bed
- 75% are listening to music after going to bed
- Over half (57%) are watching films
- 70% of boys are playing games after going to bed
- 10% of students said they’d feel stressed about missing out if they didn’t check their mobile device before going to sleep
- 38% of students said they’d be curious to know what’s happening if they didn’t check their mobile device before going to sleep