Startling results from survey of 7 nations.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A seven-nation survey about cell phone habits by KRC Research has revealed that more than half of the 7,112 respondents would rather save their smartphones over their cats, and 22 percent of these would rather give up sex than their devices.
Furthermore, 60 percent of all the respondents surveyed end up falling asleep with their smartphones, with the highest percentages reported in India (74 percent) and China (70 percent).
The study, which was conducted on respondents from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States, set out with the goal of tracking society’s growing attachment to smartphones.
About 22 percent of Indians in the survey said they have used their smartphones in the shower and as many as 68 per cent said they would save the device first in case of a fire, according to the Press Trust of India.
The percentage of Indians who would be willing to give up sex for a weekend rather than their smartphones was higher than the international figure, at 35 percent, while 44 percent of Indians said they were “happy” with their devices.
By contrast, in a study conducted in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in December 2014, researchers discovered that light emitted from mobile devices had “profound biological effects,” especially when used in the bedroom, right before sleep.
The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health, discovered that effects of light emitted by the electronic devices disrupted circadian rhythms.