A variety of digital devices have opened the window of the Internet world to children.So how many of the current children use those digital devices?The Cabinet Office will check based on the contents of the "Survey on the Internet Usage Environment of Youth in FY 2nd year" ( *), which the Cabinet Office published a report in March 2021.
From the following, the Internet utilization rate of each elementary, junior high and high school student that can access the Internet (the questionnaire says, "All the equipment that uses the Internet should be selected (as many)).Even if you do not have ownership, if you use the Internet, it corresponds to the answer.The next graph is basically unified in the vertical axis so that it can be compared between graphs.
First of all, elementary school students.
The usage rate of conventional mobile phones and personal computers is low, almost lined up with smartphones (normal), tablet -type terminals, and portable game consoles protruding.Traditional mobile phones for children are slightly higher 12.It has a 2 % value, which is probably probably for parents for security.
In the game console, the stationary type is just over 30 %, while the portable game console is nearly 40 %, which seems to be a value that symbolizes the current game industry.Of course, the case is just the percentage of people who use the Internet, so there should be quite a few people who use game consoles without connecting to the Internet.
It is also worth noting that the usage rate of tablet -type terminals is high.In elementary school students, more than two out of five are calculated using the Internet on tablet -type terminals.
Next is a junior high school student.
Compared to elementary school students, the usage rate of portable game consoles decreases, and portable music players rise accordingly.It indicates that more and more people are watching music as entertainment.The usage rate of smartphones has also increased significantly, and it has already been more than 2/3 in junior high school.At the current situation, smartphones are the most used digital devices for junior high school students to use the Internet.21 laptop PCs on PC.2 %, 8 desktop PC.2 %.Even junior high school students are impressive that tablet -type terminals are in a position where the laptops have been overtaken greatly.
Finally a high school student.
The usage rate of smartphones has increased further, making it 90 %.On the other hand, the usage rate of portable game consoles has dropped, and the portable music player has not changed much.The laptop is growing, but still 24.It is only 4 % and near 1/4.On the other hand, tablet -type terminals have dropped prices and remain nearly 30 %.
From such a flow, the usage of models that can be connected to the Internet is about the same for elementary school students, tablet -type terminals and portable game consoles, and junior high school students are the main tablet -type terminal, portable game console, and high school student.You can see that smartphones show the flow that is almost mainstream.
At present, about 50 % of elementary school students, about 80 % of junior high school students, and almost all of high school students use smartphones to access the Internet.It's an incredible situation just a few years ago.
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* Investigation of the Internet usage environment for youth 2nd year
As of November 5, 2020 to December 13, 2020, as of November 1, 2020, 5,000 members of the youth from the age of 10 to 17 years old and the parents living together, each of which are individual interviews (difficulty).In that case, the visit distribution visiting recovery method is also used together. Parents are performed in the visiting and distribution recovery method in principle).The web survey method is used only when the time cannot be adjusted.The number of valid responses is 3605 young people (of which 388 via the web), 3633 parents (of which 421 via the web and 180 posted).
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(Note) This article has been partially written and changed to the article published in [Gerbage News].