Table 1 Proportions of smartphone tasks and associated independent variables (N = 2556)
From: Pedestrian smartphone overuse and inattentional blindness: an observational study in Taipei, Taiwan
Characteristics | Smartphone tasks | Total (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control (%) | Listening to music (%) | Talking (traditional) (%) | Using social media (%) | Video talking via an app (%) | Voice talking via an app (%) | Texting (using an app) (%) | Web surfing (%) | Gaming (%) | ||
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 179(52.5) | 74(51.8) | 96(47.3) | 48(42.1) | 35(41.7) | 147(47.6) | 189(45.9) | 70(61.4) | 438(52.5) | 1276(49.9) |
Female | 162(47.5) | 69(48.3) | 107(52.7) | 66(57.9) | 51(59.3) | 162(52.4) | 223(54.1) | 44(38.6) | 396(47.5) | 1280(50.1) |
Occupations | ||||||||||
Students | 157(46.0) | 121(84.6) | 127(62.6) | 71(62.3) | 58(67.4) | 218(70.6) | 257(62.4) | 75(65.8) | 527(63.2) | 1611(63.0) |
Others | 184(54.0) | 22(15.4) | 76(37.4) | 43(37.7) | 28(32.6) | 91(29.4) | 155(37.6) | 39(34.2) | 307(36.8) | 945(37.0) |
Age (in years) a | m: 31.8; s: 12.1 | m: 20.3; s: 7.9 | m: 29.8; s: 13.6 | m: 25.5; s: 8.4 | m: 24.1; s: 7.2 | m: 21.2; s: 6.7 | m: 24.2; s: 6.4 | m: 20.3; s: 5.2 | m: 23.6; s: 9.0 | m: 25.1; s: 7.7 |
Screen size | ||||||||||
< 5 in. | 114(33.4) | 41(28.7) | 106(52.2) | 46(40.4) | 21(24.4) | 139(45.0) | 174(42.2) | 51(44.7) | 371(44.5) | 1063(41.6) |
> =5 in. | 227(66.6) | 102(71.3) | 97(47.8) | 68(59.6) | 65(75.6) | 170(55.0) | 238(57.8) | 63(55.3) | 463(55.5) | 1493(58.4) |
4G Internet data allowance | ||||||||||
Unlimited use | 202(59.2) | 76(53.1) | 110(54.2) | 57(50.0) | 46(53.5) | 179(57.9) | 267(64.8) | 60(52.6) | 644(77.2) | 1641(64.2) |
Restricted use | 103(30.2) | 31(21.7) | 52(25.6) | 39(34.2) | 24(27.9) | 83(26.9) | 104(25.2) | 33(28.9) | 182(21.8) | 651(25.5) |
None | 36(10.6) | 36(25.2) | 41(20.2) | 18(15.8) | 16(18.6) | 47(15.2) | 41(10.0) | 21(18.4) | 8(1.0) | 264(10.3) |
Total (%) | 341(13.3) | 143(5.6) | 203(7.9) | 114(4.5) | 86(3.4) | 309(12.1) | 412(16.1) | 114(4.5) | 834(32.6) | 2556 |