{"id":2863,"date":"2012-01-19T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:00:17","slug":"childrens-use-of-mobile-phones-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/childrens-use-of-mobile-phones-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s use of mobile phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/chilidrens-mobile-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Understanding use of mobile by young people<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GSMA and NTT docomo\u2019s Mobile Society Research Institute have partnered on an on-going research project to investigate children\u2019s use of mobile services around the world.<\/p>\n<p>To enable year-on-year comparisons, standard questions were posed to children and their parents, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age of first mobile ownership<\/li>\n<li>Reasons for getting a mobile phone<\/li>\n<li>How they feel about their mobile phone<\/li>\n<li>Parents\u2019 concerns over their children\u2019s use of mobile phones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PDF Downloads<\/h3>\n<p>2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GSMA_AND_NTT_DOCOMO_Childrens_Report_WebPages_R1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full report (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2011<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gsmadocomoreportfinalweb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full report \u2013 English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsma.com%2Fpublicpolicy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2Fgsmadocomoreportfinalweb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Executive summary \u2013 English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gsmachildreninfographicv7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infographic \u2013 English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/childrensreport2011execsumspanishfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resumen Ejecutivo \u2013 Espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"pdf\"><a href=\"\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gsmachildreninfographicspanishfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infograf\u00eda &#8211; Espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Understanding use of mobile by young people The GSMA and NTT docomo\u2019s Mobile Society Research Institute have partnered on an on-going research project to investigate children\u2019s use of mobile services around the world. 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