iPad or sex? Offbeat facts about tablets in homes

By Cory Bergman 

Thought that overly-provocative headline would get you. Yahoo sent us an infographic that breaks down some offbeat survey questions about tablets in homes. Turns out, people like their tablets. In some cases, perhaps a little too much.

For starters, families say they fight over their tablets more than their TV remotes (how can this be possible?) The survey found 15% of respondents say they’d give up their car for an entire year to be able to keep their tablet (equating to 45 million fewer cars on the road.) And a third of men say they frequently take their tablet to the bathroom — half as many women do.

Yes, we told you these were offbeat facts. And in the most random data point of all, a quarter of women say they’re happy to give up sex (25%) or their TV (38%), to keep their tablet. As for men? Half as many men would give up sex (13%). Here you go…

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And take a look at Yahoo’s earlier study that found 80% of mobile users multitask in front of television.

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