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The pie charts show changes in the percentages of main reasons for teenagers using their phone in one African country from 2016 to 2019. Overall, teenagers primarily used their phones for social media throughout the period, distantly followed by communication purposes like emailing and for phone calls, and lastly, a digital camera.
The main two reasons for teenagers using their phones were social networks and emailing, albeit with a large disparity in the percentage points between the two. In 2016, the figure for the former made up 50%, while the figure for the latter accounted for a quarter. However, emailing fell out of popularity over the years, with its figure declining to 19% in the final year. In contrast, teenagers using their phones to scroll on social media increased slightly, reaching a chart high of 56%.
Regarding the remaining reasons, 10% of teenagers used their phone to make phone calls in 2016, while 15% of those used the digital camera. Interestingly, these figures had reverse patterns, with teenagers using their phone to make phone calls decreasing to 5%, while the number for the digital camera went up, constituting 20% in the final year.
The pie charts show changes in the percentages of main reasons for teenagers using their phone in one African country from 2016 to 2019. Overall, teenagers primarily used their phones for social media throughout the period, distantly followed by communication purposes like emailing and for phone calls, and lastly, a digital camera.
The main two reasons for teenagers using their phones were social networks and emailing, albeit with a large disparity in the percentage points between the two. In 2016, the figure for the former made up 50%, while the figure for the latter accounted for a quarter. However, emailing fell out of popularity over the years, with its figure declining to 19% in the final year. In contrast, teenagers using their phones to scroll on social media increased slightly, reaching a chart high of 56%.
Regarding the remaining reasons, 10% of teenagers used their phone to make phone calls in 2016, while 15% of those used the digital camera. Interestingly, these figures had reverse patterns, with teenagers using their phone to make phone calls decreasing to 5%, while the number for the digital camera went up, constituting 20% in the final year.