A new Digital Diaries study by AVG Technologies that surveyed more than 6,017 parents of children across several age groups in the Canada, the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand during November and December 2013. The study reveals Canadian children score higher than average in some basic life skills.
The study revealed Canadian children aged 3 to 5 years are much more likely to know how to operate a computer mouse than tie their own shoelaces. Of the Canadian parents surveyed, 78% responded that their 3-5 year olds can operate a mouse (compared to 70% across the 10 countries) while only 28% could tie their shoes unaided (14% in other countries). However, only 16% of the same age group could operate a cell phone compared with 30% of their counterparts in other countries. Canadians did score well on key safety skills such as knowing a contact phone number (38% compared to 13% in other countries) and knowing what to do in an emergency (44% compared to 25%).
When comparing online usage across the countries, Canadian kids aged 6 to 9 years are average in Internet use, with 90% of the parents reporting their children are online in Canada compared to 89% in the other nations. However, Canadian children are not as likely to use established communication tools such as Facebook, email and instant messaging. While 16% of kids in other countries are on Facebook, only 10% of Canadians use the social networking site. Fewer than 7% of Canadian youngsters use instant messaging (compared to 9% across the other countries) and only 11% regularly use email compared to 18% of the survey’s total respondents.
The study also shows differences between Canadian parents concerned with safety and security and parents in other countries. Asked if the PC, laptop or tablet their child uses has parental controls, 59% of Canadian parents responded positively compared to 64% of the total.
Generally, Canadian children aged 3 to 5 scored above average in life skills such as being able to write their own name (56% compared to 38%); ride a bicycle (65% to 58%); swim (32% to 23%); and use a web browser (34% to 28%). In addition to lower cell phone use (16% to 30%) the Canadian age group’s ability to make their own breakfast was also lower (21% to 26%).
For an interactive summary of AVG’s kids & technology survey, visit avg.com/digitaldiaries/homepage.
Canadian Kids Score High on Some Life Skills Compared to Nine Other Nations: AVG
Posted in Commentary with tags AVG on February 3, 2014 by itnerdA new Digital Diaries study by AVG Technologies that surveyed more than 6,017 parents of children across several age groups in the Canada, the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand during November and December 2013. The study reveals Canadian children score higher than average in some basic life skills.
The study revealed Canadian children aged 3 to 5 years are much more likely to know how to operate a computer mouse than tie their own shoelaces. Of the Canadian parents surveyed, 78% responded that their 3-5 year olds can operate a mouse (compared to 70% across the 10 countries) while only 28% could tie their shoes unaided (14% in other countries). However, only 16% of the same age group could operate a cell phone compared with 30% of their counterparts in other countries. Canadians did score well on key safety skills such as knowing a contact phone number (38% compared to 13% in other countries) and knowing what to do in an emergency (44% compared to 25%).
When comparing online usage across the countries, Canadian kids aged 6 to 9 years are average in Internet use, with 90% of the parents reporting their children are online in Canada compared to 89% in the other nations. However, Canadian children are not as likely to use established communication tools such as Facebook, email and instant messaging. While 16% of kids in other countries are on Facebook, only 10% of Canadians use the social networking site. Fewer than 7% of Canadian youngsters use instant messaging (compared to 9% across the other countries) and only 11% regularly use email compared to 18% of the survey’s total respondents.
The study also shows differences between Canadian parents concerned with safety and security and parents in other countries. Asked if the PC, laptop or tablet their child uses has parental controls, 59% of Canadian parents responded positively compared to 64% of the total.
Generally, Canadian children aged 3 to 5 scored above average in life skills such as being able to write their own name (56% compared to 38%); ride a bicycle (65% to 58%); swim (32% to 23%); and use a web browser (34% to 28%). In addition to lower cell phone use (16% to 30%) the Canadian age group’s ability to make their own breakfast was also lower (21% to 26%).
For an interactive summary of AVG’s kids & technology survey, visit avg.com/digitaldiaries/homepage.
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