Computer (Ab?)Use - A Survey

We created a survey about the computer use by students in our age. We had 8 questions to find out the habits from young people. We were surprised about the results of some questions and others were like we expected. These were the questions:

Computer use - questionnaire:

1.How long do you use the computer a day?
O 1 hour
O 2 hours
O 3 hours
O 4 hours
O more than 4 hours
2. What do you use the computer for?
O For school
O For messaging
O For games
O For listening to music
O For shopping
O For illegal sites
O To get information from all over the world
3. How much money do you spend for the computer in a month? (pc games, internet connection and equipment)
4. Which games do you play on the computer?
O Action games
O Strategy games
O Gambling
O Killer games
O Board games
O Fantasy games
O Brain games
5. Do you have any health problems like…
O Eyesight problems
O Sleep disturbance
O Headache
O Psychological problems
O Overweight
O School problems
6.Have you ever found your love on the internet?
O Yes
if yes, how often?
O No
7.Have you met your chatting partner in real life?
O Yes_______ times
O No
O By chance
8.Can you live without a computer?
O Yes
O No
O Difficult

23 pupils filled in our questionnaire. Most of them use the computer for 2 – 3 hours a day for messaging and for school. This wasn’t like we had expected. We thought that most would tick 4 hours and we didn’t think that all students use it mainly for school. Despite the good intention some of them have already health problems like headache and eyes problems. This result was as we estimated.
One question really surprised us. Nobody had found his/her love in the internet, but we don’t believe it.
Likewise the next question of our survey. Our thoughts were that many pupils met their chatting partner in real life. The results showed us that twice as many pupil never met their chatting partner, as the pupils who did.
Frightening was the fact that almost all students are addicted to or at least cannot live without the computer. Regrettably our speculation came true.
In most cases our hypotheses were right. Although it was interesting to analyse the survey.

by Jessica, Melanie, Hümeyra and Irma