38% Pakistanis spend 2 hours or more on cell phones everyday: poll

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ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 38% Pakistanis spend 2 hours or more in a day using a mobile phone, 29% claim not to spend any time at all.

A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked, “How many hours in a day do you spend using a mobile phone?”

In response, 33% said that they spend an hour, 20% said 2 hours, 8% said 3 hours, 3% said 4 hours, 3% said 5 hours, 4% said more than 5 hours and 29% said they do not use a mobile phone.

The study was released by Gilani Research Foundation and carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International.

The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 1,178 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during 23 February – 03 March 2019. The error margin is estimated to be approximately ± 2-3 percent at the 95% confidence level.