Recent Survey Data Suggests Parents Are Using Apps as Digital Babysitters
The Pew Research Center regularly pools US consumers on all sorts of things from gadgets to buying habits. One recent poll involved app buying habits of smartphone and tablet owner. It turns out that watching videos isn’t the only activity that shifted from TVs to tablets.
The survey results found that parents who owned tablets (or a smartphone) were more likely to download apps for use by a kid (57% vs 16%). Parents were also more likely overall to download apps when compared to non-parents (84% vs 69%).
Pew has more details:
Our data does not show differences by race, ethnicity or income in downloading apps for children.
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