Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context

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Autor(a) principal: Antunes, Eduardo
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Amaral, Inês, Simões, Rita Basílio, Flores, Ana Marta M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/163811
Resumo: UIDB/05021/2020 UIDP/05021/2020 PTDC/COM-CSS/5947/2020
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spelling Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing ContextResults from a Representative Online SurveyYoung adultsAutonomyMedia consumptionMobile phoneSocial mediaUIDB/05021/2020 UIDP/05021/2020 PTDC/COM-CSS/5947/2020Better theories and practices are constructed through a deep understanding of the subjects involved. In Portugal, young adults aged 18 to 30 are a group sometimes left out because the Portuguese official statistical data does not treat this as an age category by itself, dividing it either into young people or the general idea of adults. Through a social constructivist quantitative approach, this article seeks to construct a profile of young adulthood in Portugal, both in socio-demographic terms and in terms of their relationship with media. An online survey was conducted on a representative sample of young Portuguese adults (18–30 years), guaranteeing a margin of error of ±2.53% at the 95% confidence level. Results reveal that 83.5% of young adults identify themselves as heterosexual, and 83.5% do not have children. The average age of respondents with children is 26 years old. Most young adults (63.5%) live with their parents or other adult relatives, and the vast majority (82.2%) of these parents or relatives with whom they live are employed and have primary or secondary education. Mobile phones (92.8%), laptop computers (84.1%), and TV with a box (78.5%) are the primary media to which the young people in the sample have access. The mobile phone stands out in particular, as 90.2% of those inquired revealed that they use it every day. Social media are identified as the most frequently consumed type of media content (81.1% every day). These findings strengthen the idea of the centrality of the mobile phone in daily lives, especially among young adults, as well as social media platforms. This research helps to understand that the young adult profile in Portugal presents themselves as heterosexual, has no children, lives with parents or other adult relatives, and uses a mobile phone daily, despite having other media available for its use.Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA (ICNOVA)RUNAntunes, EduardoAmaral, InêsSimões, Rita BasílioFlores, Ana Marta M.2024-02-19T23:56:59Z2023-09-222023-09-22T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article19application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/163811engPURE: 83483475https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3040070info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:49:03Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/163811Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:59:52.492140Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
Results from a Representative Online Survey
title Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
spellingShingle Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
Antunes, Eduardo
Young adults
Autonomy
Media consumption
Mobile phone
Social media
title_short Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
title_full Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
title_fullStr Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
title_full_unstemmed Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
title_sort Who Are the Young Adults in Portugal? Daily Usage of Social Media and Mobile Phones, in a No-Kids and No-Independent Housing Context
author Antunes, Eduardo
author_facet Antunes, Eduardo
Amaral, Inês
Simões, Rita Basílio
Flores, Ana Marta M.
author_role author
author2 Amaral, Inês
Simões, Rita Basílio
Flores, Ana Marta M.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA (ICNOVA)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Antunes, Eduardo
Amaral, Inês
Simões, Rita Basílio
Flores, Ana Marta M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Young adults
Autonomy
Media consumption
Mobile phone
Social media
topic Young adults
Autonomy
Media consumption
Mobile phone
Social media
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