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Ever wondered how much time millennials spend staring at a screen? UK statisticians have come up with some answers.
Young people spent more than a third of their leisure time, 14 hours per week, using devices such as mobile phones, tablets, e-readers and laptops in 2015, the Office for National Statistics said. The figure for men aged 25 and under was 35 percent; for women, it was 29 percent.
Unsurprisingly, technology occupied far less of their parents’ time, with the figure for those age 56 and over falling to around 10 percent. The high use of devices among young people is partly explained by their heavy use of social media, the ONS said. “It’s possible that with increased device use, people are becoming less likely to go out of their way to socialise,†the ONS said.