Although U.S. teens spend more time using digital media than Chinese counterparts, teens in Bejiing are more likely to own iPads, according to a micro-survey by Stanford University.
About 45% of the high schoolers polled in China had an iPad while only about 15% of those in Palo Alto – roughly 13 miles from Apple headquarters in Cupertino — did.
Although the sample size is tiny – 70 teens total between the ages of 16-18, broken down into 41 females and 30 males – there are a few interesting ideas from the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) survey.
- 44% of Beijing teens owned iPads; 16% of Palo Alto respondents did.
- Palo Alto students spent about twice as long (two hours a day) on social networking sites.
- Beijing teens were much more likely to watch videos and films online.
- Over 90% of Chinese respondents said they have friends they know only over the Internet.
“In certain urban locations, today’s teens are native ‘netizens’,” said Marguerite Gong Hancock, associate director of SPRIE. “Most teens in our survey in both Palo Alto and Beijing have had mobile phones since the age of 12. They lead a large part of their daily lives online.”
I’d be curious to know what the adult iPad owning percentage of those same teens is. My armchair guess? The California kids may not own iPads but are using the family device…
Via Stanford Graduate School of Business
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18 responses to “Do Chinese Teens Own More iPads than Silicon Valley Teens?”
45% of high schoolers in China own iPads. That’s a lot of iPads. Oh wait, it’s 45% of high schoolers in Beijing. And it’s a sample size of 70 with no mention at all of what biases there might be on that sample. Ooooookay.
Wait a minute, they compared the small upper-middle class town of Palo Alto with the entire country of China?
Yeah but theres way more Teens in Beijing than there are in Palo Alto. I know it was from a 70 teen sample group but the more individuals you have the more likely you’ll end up picking one that has an iPad. RIght?
The lie-stiristics, not text without context is good.
Is not possbile to compare both populations.
“Do Chinese Teens Own More iPads than Silicon Valley Teens?” Seriously? Who could care? I mean…it’s just…seriously? Do Chinese teens own more Nike sneakers than Eugene, Oregon teens? Film at 11…
I bet the Chinese kids count aPads and other knockoff tablets as iPads.
Who gives a shit?
i would bet chinese kids are more likely to own ipads, especially since there was a kid who traded in his kidney for it
Stanford should be ashamed having their name linked to such a poorly done, statistically unsound survey. Even if it was 70 kids from each group there is no way they covered all the bases in the sample.