75% of pre-teens hung up on their mobile phones [tribune.ie]
- Published: 16 February 2010
Government survey shows some children got their first mobile phones as young as six
Mobile phones have become de rigueur among Ireland's pre-teens, with more than three quarters of 9 to 12 year olds now saying they have their own phone, according to a new government funded survey.
In some cases, children told researchers that they got their first mobile phone when they were six or even younger, with more than one fifth saying they had a phone by the age of eight.
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