Texting: Not Just for Kids

Think texting is just for kids? Hardly. As many as 72 percent of adult cell phone users send and receive text messages,

 according to a new survey  conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, which also reveals that texting among adults is on the rise.

 
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"Texting among American adults has increased substantially over the past year," Pew says, noting that in September 2009, 65 percent of American adults were texters.

While texting among adults is on the rise, it does not rival the popularity of texting among teens, Pew says. 87 percent of teen cell phone users text, sending and receiving an average of 50 messages per day. 

Adult users, on the other hand, send and receive an average of ten text messages per day, and consider voice calls the primary reason for using their phone.

Pew's study also revealed that:

    * 82 percent of American adults own a cell phone
    * 5 percent of adult texters send more than 200 text messages per day
    * Women tend to make slightly fewer call than men; 26 percent of men say they make or receive 6 to 10 calls a day, while 20 percent of women make the same claim

    * 91 percent of cell phone owners say their phones make them feel safer
    * 42 percent of cell phone owners say they feel irritated when a call or text interrupts them
    * 65 percent of adults say they have slept with their phone "on or right next to" their bed

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